Is a fat transfer to hips dangerous? (photo)

Dear mrs.s.wright,
it is hard to tell for sure without an examination. Based on your photo, it looks like you would get good results after fat transfer. If you are considering a surgery, I would suggest you to consult a board-certified plastic surgeon. Only after a thorough examination you will get more information and recommendations.
Daniel Barrett, MD
Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Hello dear!
Thanks for the question and provided information as well.
Based on your pictures, you are a great candidate for liposuction with BBL, and I think you'll get very good results.
Liposuction allows your plastic surgeon to transform your entire shape. You can improve your abdomen, back, hips and flanks, and of course your buttock, to give you a nice heart shape.
In general, you need to be physically healthy and at a stable weight, have realistic expectations, be a non-smoker and your BMI needs to be 33 or less.
l recommend you to make an appointment with a board certified plastic surgeon to talk about your goals and anything you need to know.
Good luck :)

First off , it appears you have enough fat for a full BBL. As to hips versus a BBL: it is hard to separate the buttocks from the hips so if you want hips you need a BBL. Let me explain. Personally I love to create hips, it totally changes the shape of the body-- but I never do it without performing a BBL because filling in the hips has to actually start much more towards the center of the butt than patients realize. So to create a hip you need the support of the fat from the mid buttock out towards the hip--so in order to get a full hip you will need a BBL--at least in my opinion. Hips don't live in isolation--they blend into the buttock and into the leg so in order to achieve a pretty, full hip that matches with your body you need to have the whole area treated. The same is true for liposuction--you just can't perform liposuction of the love handles--the love handles are contiguous with the lower back , the flanks and the sides so it is hard to know where to start and stop--you can't just Lipo the love handles--you have to Lipo the whole trunk in order to get a nice smooth result. If the guidelines for performing a safe BBL than it is safe--the main issue is not to inject into or below the gluteal muscles where the large veins are.

We don’t have statistics on the rate of fat embolism with only injecting fat in the lateral buttocks and hip area.

In reality most patients who get a BBL need fat augmented in the lateral buttocks and hip area so this is in many ways only a slight modification of a BBL.

Most plastic surgeons follow new safety recommendations and with those having a fat transfer is probably safer than having a tummy tuck which has a reported fatality of one and 5000. To put that in perspective the average fatality for driving an automobile it’s one per 10,000 per year.

There is always some risk with all surgical procedures. Patients should make a rational risk benefit ratio decision that works for them. Highly risk-averse people should avoid cosmetic surgery. Based on that statement highlt risk-averse should also consider not driving automobiles because that is a very serious and dangerous activity.

In reality we take calculated risks on a daily basis and for many people emotions kick in rather than rational thought when it comes to surgical procedures.

Best,

Mats Hagstrom MD