Buttocks Augmentation

Skill and artistry combine to enhance your natural curves!

Buttock enlargement or buttock augmentation (also known as a Brazilian Butt Lift) allows men and women with flat or poorly developed buttocks to enhance and shape the area to their liking. While many women will increase the size of their breasts, they find there is an imbalance between the front and the back and wish to contour their buttocks to fit their body size and shape. Many patients who come to us are frustrated that no amount of diet and exercise will shape their rears the way they desire. Now, buttocks augmentation is helping these men and women solve this once impossible problem! Our patients say their clothes fit better, they feel sexier, and their confidence levels are greatly improved with a fuller, shaped derriere.

Buttocks Fat Transplantation

Fat grafting uses excess fat from other areas of the body, which act as donor sites. The donor sites include the abdomen, hips, back or thighs to add shape to the buttocks. The fat cells are delicately removed with a gentle liposuction technique, and then inserted through small incisions into different layers of the buttocks. This method is more natural than the alternative – buttock implants. Patients prefer the idea of using one’s own fat to add volume and shape to their rears. With fat transplantation, there is no chance of the body rejecting the fat cells. But the cells are sensitive and require careful and meticulous handling by an experienced buttocks augmentation surgeon. The fat must be placed strategically through tunnels in layers for smooth and natural result.

The Buttocks Augmentation Procedure

The butt enhancement procedure, usually performed under general anesthesia, takes about one and a half to two hours. An additional benefit is that in removing fat from donor sites, the patient also benefits from modified liposuction to those areas. An important consideration for buttock fat transplantation is the availability of donor sites. While fat is usually in abundance, some people may not have extra fat available. In these patients buttock augmentation with fat transplantation is not an option. The amount of fat transferred depends upon your individual aesthetic goals, and donor site availability. Because we use small incisions and evenly distribute the fat cells, the final result will usually appear smooth.

Recovery from Butt Augmentation

Discomfort is mild, and easily relieved by painkillers. You are able to sit soon after buttock augmentation surgery. You will need to wear a compression garment for 1-2 weeks and may return to work in 3-5 days. You can resume progressive exercise after 2 weeks. We encourage postoperative massage and ultrasound treatments which are provided in-house beginning 1 week after surgery. For our out of town patients these treatments can be administered by a physical therapist. Your results will be evident after 6-8 weeks.

Risks of Butt Augmentation Surgery

The main risk is that there is a 30% chance of significant absorption of fat within 6-8 weeks after surgery. There is no way of predicting this prior to surgery. Therefore one must have adequate donor fat available to allow for secondary grafting. After a second grafting it unlikely that further grafting will be necessary. Aside from absorption, occasionally a minor touch-up may be necessary to correct minor irregularities or asymmetry.

Other possible complications include bleeding, infection, asymmetry, and scarring. But these are very uncommon.