Buttocks can become flat and sagging with age, due to weight fluctuations, or due to genetic factors. They can look out of proportion to the rest of your body. As a result, you can feel self-conscious and lose your confidence. Fortunately, there is something you can do about it - buttock enhancement. This is a cosmetic procedure that can increase fullness and firmness. It can enhance the shape, size, contour, and overall appearance of your buttocks. Many people have heard of a Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) and think buttocks improve only with this procedure. But the truth is that buttock enhancement can be done with several different surgical procedures. It is a highly customizable process that can be tailored to meet your needs. Continue reading to learn more about buttock augmentation and how it can give you beautiful, natural-looking results.
How can I lift my lower buttock? Can a surgeon remove excess fat?
Before we dive into butt enhancement, you should understand that there are two components to this procedure: buttock lift and buttock augmentation. Depending on the shape and size of your buttocks and your aesthetic goals, your plastic surgeon may recommend one or both of these to achieve your desired look.
A butt lift improves the tone of the buttock muscles. An augmentation adds volume. A lift can involve removal of excess skin and fat, including love handles. Liposuction can be done to contour the buttocks into a more pleasing shape. A common buttock enhancement procedure is called the Brazilian Butt Lift. This involves fat transfer from another part of the body to the buttocks to add volume. Buttock augmentation with silicone filled devices is yet another way to improve the shape and size of the buttocks.
What are buttock enhancement surgeries?
Butt enhancement or gluteal augmentation is any procedure that is done to improve the shape, size, or contour of the buttocks. This can be accomplished in many ways, such as using fat grafting, buttock implants, or a combination of procedures.
What can buttock augmentation surgery do?
Butt enhancement can increase the roundness and fullness of your buttocks, lift sagging tissues, remove excess fat, and tighten skin. It can make your butt better proportioned to the rest of your body. This cosmetic procedure can enhance your self-esteem and self-confidence.
Common Buttock Enhancement Procedures
As noted above, there are several ways to accomplish butt enhancement. It is a highly customized procedure. Some of the common methods are described below.
Buttock Lift
A gluteal lift or buttock lift tones the buttock muscle that supports skin. It reshapes the fat and skin to improve the shape of the buttocks. This procedure can address problems like sagging that occur due to poor tissue elasticity due to age, pregnancy, or weight fluctuations. The procedure involves removing excess fat and sagging skin. The remaining skin and soft tissue is then tightened to make the butt tighter and smoother. Note that unless combined with a buttock augmentation, for example with transferred fat, a butt lift will not make your buttocks larger.
Brazilian Butt Lift
A Brazilian butt lift is a popular method of gluteal augmentation. Another name for this procedure is buttock augmentation with fat grafting. It involves fat transfer from one part of the body, such as the stomach, hips, or thighs, using liposuction. The fat cells are processed, purified, and injected into the buttocks to give them a naturally beautiful, rounder, firmer contour. This procedure utilizes your own tissue to add volume and achieve more beautiful buttocks.
Buttock Implants
A board certified plastic surgeon can insert specially designed silicone butt implants to enhance the volume, roundness, and fullness of your buttocks. The scars from this procedure are minimal and are hidden in the gluteal crease (where the butt cheeks meet). Buttock implants are placed in between the gluteal muscle so that they cannot be felt after the surgery.
Gluteal Augmentation and Lift with Fillers
While most buttock augmentation procedures are surgeries, fillers like Sculptra® or Radiesse® are minimally invasive methods to create a rounder buttock. Fillers are injectable substances that restore volume and stimulate collagen growth. However, fillers in the buttock area are expensive because of the large amount needed to get the desired results.
Please note that some unlicensed providers offer hydrogel injections and silicone injections for butt augmentation. While these methods can be more affordable, they are dangerous and unapproved. The results are temporary and oftentimes uneven. The materials injected during hydrogel and silicone injections can travel to other parts of the body and cause serious complications like scarring, infection, and granuloma formation.
Liposuction
Most butt enhancement plastic surgery procedures are done to lift underlying tissue and create a rounder, fuller butt. This is accomplished with fat transfer techniques or silicone implants. However, liposuction (fat removal) is also sometimes performed during these procedures to contour to the buttock area into a more pleasing shape. During liposuction, the surgeon will loosen excess fat and remove it with a thin, hollow tube. This aesthetic plastic surgery can create a more naturally beautiful and appealing shape of the buttocks.
Which butt enhancement procedure is right for me?
Brazilian Butt Lift
Choose a Brazilian Butt Lift if you desire a natural looking and feeling butt with improved shape and long-lasting results. A key advantage of this butt enhancement procedure is that no foreign substance is introduced into the body (unlike butt implants). The cosmetic surgeon uses your own fat to perform fat transfer. However, this procedure may not be suitable for people who do not have enough fat for the fat transfer. Also, the injected fat (some of the fat transferred) can be reabsorbed by the body, thereby affecting the final results. The incisions for a Brazilian Butt Lift are small. There can, however, be some pain and bruising after the procedure. The recovery time is roughly one week.
Silicone Implants
Silicone implants provide dramatic butt augmentation results that are permanent. However, this is a more invasive surgery than a Brazilian Butt Lift and carries a higher risk of complications. The usual recovery time is 4-6 weeks.
Filler Butt Lift
If you do not have enough fat for a fat transfer, you might benefit from fillers. They can create a natural looking and feeling butt. The injections cause minimal pain and bruising and complications are rare. You can resume most activities within a few days of filler buttock augmentation. However, the results are not permanent and only last 2-5 years. Also, the cost of this type of buttock augmentation can be a limiting factor because large amounts of fillers may be needed to achieve the desired results.
Am I a good candidate for buttock augmentation?
You are a good candidate for buttock augmentation or buttock lift if you have sagging or flatness in the buttock area. You should be a nonsmoker and in good general health without any serious medical conditions. Be sure to discuss the procedures with your surgeon in detail to ensure you have realistic expectations and a positive outlook from gluteal lift surgery. Keep in mind that you will need to maintain a stable weight with attention to fitness and a healthy diet in order to retain your new body shape and buttocks shape.
What happens during buttock augmentation?
Consultation
Your surgeon will see you in the office for an initial consultation before your buttock augmentation and/or buttock lift. At this appointment they will review your health history, perform a physical examination, discuss your surgical goals. They will also evaluate your risk factors and recommend buttock enhancement treatment options only after a detailed and comprehensive evaluation. Your surgeon may take photographs if you decide to go ahead with the procedure.
Preparation
In preparation for your buttock augmentation and/or buttock lift, your surgeon may order blood tests and give you instructions to stop certain medications. You will also be asked to stop smoking. You should arrange for someone to drive you home and stay with you for at least one night after your surgery.
Surgical Procedure
Buttock enhancement surgery is performed at a hospital or accredited surgical center. The anesthesia and incisions for the procedure will depend on the type of butt enhancement you're having. Some procedures can be done with local anesthesia and intravenous sedation while others are done using general anesthesia.
How long is the recovery after buttock augmentation surgery?
The length of your recovery will depend on the procedure you choose. However, whatever the procedure, there will be some downtime. You will have some pain, bruising, and residual swelling. Your doctor will give you pain medication to manage this. You will not be able to sit directly on your butt for several weeks. Your plastic surgeon will also encourage you to sleep on your side or face down. This is because pressure on the butt after fat grafting, for example, can lead to less than optimal results.
Please get in touch with your surgeon immediately if you experience increasing pain or swelling, fever over 101 degrees Fahrenheit, chest pain, or shortness of breath during your recovery from butt enhancement surgery.
Why choose Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) procedure over other procedures?
A Brazilian Butt Lift is a great option if you want more curves with increased roundness and fullness in your butt. This procedure will add volume using your own tissue rather than a foreign substance. It is also less invasive than butt implants. Your surgeon can create a beautiful sculpted appearance with a BBL. What's more, it will figure enhance by removing stubborn fat from your belly or thighs or hips.
How long will the results last?
You will notice an immediate improvement in the appearance of your backside after buttock augmentation and/or buttock lift surgery. However, while the initial results are visible almost immediately, the final results can take several months to develop. This is because the soft tissues can take 3-6 months to settle into their new position. Any scars from the surgery will fade in 1-2 years.
How long your buttock enhancement results last will depend on the type of procedure you choose. Fillers are long-lasting but not permanent and typically last 2-5 years. Fat grafting results are final after 6-12 months because the body can reabsorb some of the fat transferred. After this, the results will remain as long as you lead a healthy lifestyle. Butt implants provide permanent results.
What are the limitations and risks of buttock enhancement?
Like all surgeries, a butt enhancement carries certain risks including, anesthesia risks, bleeding, infection, hematoma, seroma, deep vein thrombosis, fat necrosis, injury to nerves and blood vessels, asymmetry, scarring, pain, numbness, prolonged swelling, skin discoloration, skin loss, poor wound healing, and need for additional surgeries on the buttocks.
How much does butt enhancement cost?
Based on estimates by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the average cost of buttock fat grafting is $5,000, butt implants is $5,500, and buttock lift is $5,500. The cost can vary depending on where you live and your surgeon's skills and experience. If you are having related procedures such as a tummy tuck, the cost will obviously be higher.
Finding a surgeon for butt enhancement
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