What is the recovery time for fat transfer to the butt?

I prefer fat transfer to the buttock for the vast majority of patients who have adequate donor sites to preform liposuction with harvest and grafting. It is a much simpler a recovery than with implants. in your case though I am unsure if the arms is sufficient a volume to attain enough volume to transfer to obtain the results you are looking to obtain. I like to have at least 400-500ccs to graft into each side and this frequently necessitates harvest from the abdomen, flanks and maybe thighs as the first choices for donor sites.

As far as BBL recovery is concerned, I generally tell my patients that they may return to work in 10-14 days after a brazilian butt lift. General swelling may take 6-8 weeks to improve, but the inflammation from the liposuction can last several months. I recommend postponing exercise and sexual activity until after 4 weeks. My patients are instructed to minimize sitting for one month. If your job requires sitting, a special pillow can be used to take some of the weight off of the buttocks. Please consult a board-certified plastic surgeon.

It is best to be seen in person and without photos it's hard to say, but if you are having only fat from your arms transferred to the buttocks, that does not sound like enough fat to make a visible difference. Also, in terms of recovery, every patient is different in how they respond to a procedure and every surgeon has their own recovery protocol. After fat in injected into the buttocks, I do not recommend sitting at all for the first week, and after the first week, only for short periods of time with a pillow under your legs above the knee. I do not recommend my patients to sit normally for the first 8 weeks. Good luck!Kamran Azad, MD, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon