Do you recommend weight gain for a more hourglass shape to have Hip Augmentation or BBL? (photos)

Dear BGtea44,
I understand your concern. However, without a proper assessment, it would be difficult to determine what went wrong. It is best that you visit your plastic surgeon for further assessment or ask for a second opinion. Only after a thorough examination, you can get proper recommendations and advice.
Daniel Barrett, MDCertified, American Board of Plastic SurgeryMember, American Society of Plastic SurgeryMember, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Based on these photos, you do not seem to have very much fat left in your torso? In person evaluation may show something that I can not see on photos! You may consider arms and inner thighs as an additional source of fat grafts. Hope this helps.

Allow me to answer your question as best i can based upon your photos. However, please keep in mind that an in-person, or at least a virtual, consultation with physical exam is first necessary before any legitimate evaluation or final surgical recommendations can be made.

If you had already had “lipo 360 BBL” 18 months ago, do not expect any better results from round two. In fact, beware, if a surgeon asks you to purposely gain weight (i.e. fat) before BBL, know that the fat you lose first as you get back to your baseline weight after surgery is that very same fat that was transferred into your buttock, hence your new buttock shrinks first, the fastest, and the most...so please do not fall victim to this recommendation. Even those patients that had adequate amounts of fat pre-operatively, still end up seeking buttock implants after a year or so because most of the fat transferred melted away leaving them with minimal result. Fillers such as Sculptra are cost prohibitive, provided enough volume is injected (i.e. at least 400 cc of active ingredient costing over $300,000) and last only 12 - 18 months. So, if you're looking for a reliable, predictable, and long-term permanent option that also provides projection in the central buttock, buttock and hip implants are your solution. Please note that an extremely few number of board certified plastic surgeons specialize in buttock or hip implants, so you may need to travel far and away from home to find this particular surgeon. Glad to help.

Thanks for your question.
Definitely, I will not recommend you to gain weight, with a good liposuction in your love handles and waist you can get more curves and adding fat to your hips also will help you to have better results. Please keep in mind when you gain weight also you gain visceral fat and not only in certain areas, if you gain weight you gain fat in all your body, specially in your face.
Good luck!!

Great question with nicely posted photos. I classify you as a "SKINNY BBL with Injection BBL" combo. That is you have very limited donor fat to use so I combine the fat with injection of my specialized mixture of injectables FDA authorized Scultpra/ Radeisse (10 or 20 vials/syringes), Fess from $10,000-$20,000. Best to virtual consult with....