Is it possible to put 1800cc or more into your buttocks during a Brazilian Butt Lift?

It's not about volume, it's about fat survival.Simply injecting huge blobs of fat without adequate living tissue to surround the grafts and allow survival and long-term retention will simply look good initially, and then progressively turn into hard nodules of dead fat (fat necrosis) and gradually-diminishing volume as the dead fat cells are reabsorbed over many months. This latter fact is the reason that many surgeons "get away with" huge volume fat grafting that never had a chance to survive and should have been done in stages.If you're a "big girl" with big thighs, you have ample donor sites, but trying to graft this volume of fat into your buttocks is liable to only end in long-term dissatisfaction and potentially terrible outcome (firm nodules, cellulite appearance, and gradual loss of volume over one year or more--it takes that long for your body to clear the dead fat.)Beware what you ask for--this volume of fat grafting is possible but absolutely NOT recommended! Best wishes! Dr. Tholen

  I have gotten over 2000 cc of fat per buttock, and I routinely get above 1500 cc per buttock.Kenneth Hughes, MDLos Angeles, CA

Yes, it is possible, if the patient is large enough and has a large enough buttock as well. I always try to transfer the optimal amount of tissue to the optimal tissue cells. Be cautious of over-grafting.  Over-grafting can create less survival of fat and compromise the outcome. I have done 900-1000cc per butt cheek in large enough patients before.