Are butt augmentation revisions usually costly like the original procedure? (Photo)

Thank you for your question and your attached photos! With any sort of fat transfer (breasts, buttocks, etc), not all of the transferred fat survives the transfer. The amount of fat that survives and “keeps” is unpredictable by patient and surgeon and differs between patients. It all depends on patient recipient site anatomy, quality of the fat that was harvested, and how each patient’s body processes the transfer. The survival is usually not dependent on patient care or surgeon technique. Unfortunately, this can cause some asymmetry based on what fat is lost and where it survives. The solution to this is additional fat transfer the area to increase the volume that was lost during the healing process, which would also require liposuction in order to harvest more fat. Price can vary based on facility and areas of liposuction needed. Make sure to consult with a board certified plastic surgeon, and good luck!

Hello, some of the fat melts after butt enlargement with fat injection and may cause inequality. The way to correct this is to complete the missing and melting areas by injecting fat again. My suggestion to you is to wait 2 more months and repeat the process after your butt takes its final shape. If you contact your doctor, he may charge a lower fee as the fat injection will be less, but you will have to pay a fee again.

It would depend on exactly what needs to be done. In most cases these revision involve adding more fat to help with better shape and volume. In these cases it is simply the same procedure so the cost would be the same. If you go back to the same or original surgeon, many would discount for a second procedure but I doubt a "new" surgeon would discount a second procedure.

Dear Rease33,
the price is entirely practice dependent. If it was planned to be staged than the cost may be included. If its a revision, typically surgeons only ask the patient to pay for the surgery center and anesthesia.
Daniel Barrett, MD
Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

First step is to follow up with the surgeon who did your procedure.

In the end your provider is responsible for the outcome and your satisfaction of the procedure.

Likewise, you are responsible for choosing that provider.

Most plastic surgeons will cover the cost for revisions when the provider believes it’s indicated. Each plastic surgeon has their own threshold of when a revision is indicated and when it’s not. There are lots of examples of for example patients having preop asymmetry then complaining of the same asymmetry after surgery. patients often don’t judge their body critically before procedures but do so after they’ve had surgical intervention.

It’s fairly common for surgeons to ask patients to pay for operating room and anesthesia costs when they’re needed to do the revision but typically don’t charge a fee of their own.

In order to not add cost for the patient many revisions are done under local anesthesia in office-based settings.

Follow up with your surgeon and talk to him or her about your concerns.

If you see a different plastic surgeon then they will most likely charge you as a new patient and you can expect a revision to cost as much as doing a BBL.

Best,

Mats Hagstrom MD