Fat Transfer to Butt (BBL) via Airsculpt

This was my 2nd procedure—-3 weeks apart—-at Elite Body Scupture in Beverly Hills. The 1st (I wrote a separate post) was Lipo Thighs to Knees and Transferred to Breasts. This one was Lipo Stomach, Hips, Bra Roll and Transfer to Butt (300 CCs to each butt cheek)—and a little extra to breasts: 550 CCs 1st Round, 175 CCs 2nd time and also did my Arms! They use a minimally invasive technique where u are awake with pain meds and local anesthesia, which is far safer than being put under. Throughout the procedure you don’t feel much but at the end, they couldn’t give me more pain meds so I felt EVERYTHING for the Fat Transfer to Breasts and IT HURT!!! That was the worst part. The 1st 2-3 days of recovery after are tough but then you feel better each day and after 2 weeks start feeling a little more back to normal. 3 weeks to resume most activities. The Compression Garment (for this technique only needs to be worn for 2 weeks, not 4-6 wks like typical BBLs) is pretty uncomfortable, a full body suit with pads to absorb fluid the 1st few days plus a piece of foam on the midsection worn for a week. And since I did my Arms, too, wore an additional garment with sleeves. Ugh! No sitting for 2 weeks with this technique instead of the typical 4-6 wks for traditional BBLs except for with a foam BBL ‘pillow’ to put under your thighs & let your butt hang off the back. Then you need to lean forward to balance the weight. I hate using it so I don’t very often. My doctor, Dr. Ryan Spivak—who is amazing—says you can sleep however you want but since I’ve researched Fat Transfers & BBLs to death, I’m paranoid and don’t want to. My huge issue is I had a Fat Transfer to both my Breasts and Butt at the same time so even sleeping on my side would squish my boobs and I was scared to lean back and squish my butt and my arms were too sore to lay on...SO I went kinda extreme an bought a 6” deep foam mattress and had the foam store cut a hole for my butt to go in so here’s no pressure on it. This allows me to lay on my back with no pressure on my boobs or butt. I also bought black sheets & a black towel (for leaking fluid) and another key thing was an inexpensive women’s urinal. The garment has a hole in the crotch and this is so less messy than before I got it. I also ordered a sleeping cushion with a hole fo the Breasts which will like me to sleep on my stomach and with no pressure on my breasts. This is custom made an will take a few weeks to get here. I’ll post pics when I get it.

After the 2 week mark, I could stop wearing the full body compression garment and got the ok to start sitting, although just to be extra cautious, I extended the no-sitting for an extra week and now sit only with a boppy pillow or even better, a smaller version is an airplane back pillow under my thighs so my butt hangs off the back and doesn’t put pressure on the seat. I drove for the first time with the pillow at 3 Weeks. I can already see much improvement in my overall silhouette, which was my main goal. That and to be more proportionate, so between my 2 surgeries with Lipo on pretty much every body part and Fat Transfers to both my Breasts & Butt, I am happy with the result so far and hope to see even more improvement as the swelling around my midsection goes down.