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An active lifestyle and healthy eating can get you toned legs and arms and a flat abdomen, but achieving the rounded backside you want might require more than squats and lunges can do on their own. A shapely derrière requires some extra fat in just the right places. A Brazilian butt lift is a minimally invasive, highly effective, and long-lasting procedure to augment your buttocks in exactly this way. The procedure can also correct the sagging or flattening effects of the aging process. It’s rapidly becoming one of the most popular cosmetic treatments for women.

The Benefits of Two Procedures in One

A Brazilian butt lift removes fat from a part of your body where you don’t want it — excess fat in your belly, thighs, hips, or lower back — and transfers it to the areas of your buttocks where you’d like more volume and alluring curves. The procedure uses a combination of liposuction to harvest excess fat from one part of your body and fat transfer to process the extracted fat cells and strategically insert them to add volume to your buttocks.

So with a Brazilian butt lift, you get the benefits of two procedures in one. You slim a part of your body where stubborn pockets of fat are resisting your diet and exercise efforts. And you move that excess fat to sculpt a rounder, curvier derrière. The procedure uses your fat to reshape your body, without introducing any artificial materials — no implants and no chemical fillers.

Slimming one part of your figure and enhancing your butt’s profile multiplies the effects on your figure are multiplied. You’ll look curvier — slender where you want to be and rounder in your rear. Clothes will fit better. You’ll look younger, and your proportions will be in better balance.

Natural-Looking, Long-Lasting Results

The fat transferred to your buttocks settles into your enhanced curves and establishes itself there with a new blood supply for long-lasting results. Your body reabsorbs some of the transferred fat in the weeks after the procedure, but most of it stays in place as a permanent part of your new figure. And because it’s your body fat — just like the fat in your buttocks that was there before — it looks and feels completely natural.

You’ll get a rounder, firmer backside, with young-looking curves, but without the scars or downtime of more invasive surgery. The liposuction and fat transfer procedures require a cannula — a thin surgical tube — to extract the harvested fat using suction and transfer it to your buttocks. Only tiny incisions are necessary for insertion of the cannula. These heal quickly and the scars they leave are barely visible.

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Dr. David Kim and Dr. Eugene Kim at Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery have developed an impeccable reputation for stunning, natural-looking cosmetic treatment and plastic surgery results, attracting patients from all over the world. Contact our practice today at 310-746-5475 or send an online request to schedule a consultation.

BBL, Brazilian buttock lift, fat transfer gluteal augmentation – while it goes by many names, the Brazilian butt lift is quickly becoming one of the top requested plastic surgeries across the country.

Prized for its minimally invasive approach to buttock augmentation, the Brazilian butt lift uses the body’s own fat tissue to improve the shape and volume of the butt as well as remove unwanted fat from other parts of the body. While the treatment has helped many individuals achieve their ideal figure, there are many questions that patients have regarding treatment and recovery from BBL.

How Does the Brazilian Butt Lift Improve Size and Shape?

Unlike other augmentation procedures that rely on synthetic implants, BBLs take unwanted fat tissue from other parts of your body, refine it and reinject it into the buttocks. Placement of the injections is done so that the new fat cells enhance your existing shape, creating natural looking curves.

How Long is the Recovery Period for a Brazilian Butt Lift?

While a Brazilian butt lift may be minimally invasive, it’s important that patients remember it is still surgery. As a result, recovery can be anywhere from 10 to 14 days. During that time, it’s important that patients continue to walk and stretch, wear their girdle at all times, and take all prescribed medication. Walking in particular helps decrease the risk of clots, a potentially dangerous side effect of Brazilian butt lift treatment.

Can I Sit After a BBL?

Not for at least 14 days after your procedure. While the newly transplanted fat cells may be from your body, the cells will not have blood supply for the first few weeks after they’ve been injected. Sitting for extended periods of time can damage the transplant and be potentially dangerous. As a result, we recommend waiting at least two weeks before sitting. After the fat develops its own blood supply, you should use a cigar-shaped pillow when sitting to mitigate excess pressure on the new cells

When Can I Go Back to Work?

Recovery from Brazilian butt lift varies from patient to patient based on how quickly their body heals, whether there are any complications during treatment or recovery, and how closely they follow their post-treatment recovery guide. Additionally, post-recovery instructions (like not sitting), can make it difficult to get back to work, particularly for patients who have primarily seated jobs. As a result, the best guidance we can give is to take between 5-7 days to recover at home before considering going back to work. After that period, schedule a visit with our surgeons to confirm that you can go back to work without issue.

Why Do I Need to Wear a Girdle?

When recovering from Brazilian butt lift surgery, you’re actually recovering from two procedures; the buttock augmentation and the liposuction used to harvest the transplanted fat cells. A girdle, or compression garment, is used to help ensure that the donor area heals correctly. Furthermore, it can help decrease discomfort and swelling that many patients face after undergoing liposuction.

When can I get back to the gym?

As mention, Brazilian butt lifts can require several weeks of recovery in order to create the best results. To protect your investment, we recommend avoiding strenuous activities and exercises for at least a month following surgery. Between four to five weeks, patients can start adding light activities to their routine. By weeks six to eight, most patients are able to get back to their normal activities. Your surgeon will monitor your healing in the weeks following surgery and can give you a more personalized timeline during follow-up visits.

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When it comes to Brazilian butt lifts, the team at BHPS is dedicated to providing all patients with the answers they need to make the best decision for their bodies. Learn more about this popular procedure by calling (310) 746-5475 today and scheduling your consultation with our surgeons today!

 

From social media to the red carpet, shapely rears are a highly desired feature for many women. While glute-focused workouts can help add some definition by building muscle, there’s a physical limit to how much you can grow your rear, not to mention the hours needed to reshape your glutes. Genetics specifically play a large part in determining how large your booty can get, even with a glute-driven exercise routine.

With that in mind, if you feel less than satisfied with the size and shape of your rear, consider enhancing your features with the ever-popular Brazilian butt lift.

What is a Brazilian Butt Lift

Traditionally, buttock augmentation was completed using silicone-filled implants placed deep within the gluteal tissue, like how breast augmentations are done.

Also known as a gluteoplasty, Brazilian butt lifts take a different approach to create a more rounded rear. Instead of turning to implants, this procedure uses the fat transfer process to move extra fat from one part of the body to the butt. During this process, extra unwanted fat is taken anywhere else on the body, such as the abdomen, thighs, back and flank via liposuction. The fat cells are purified and reinjected back into the fatty and muscle layers of the gluteal muscle, enhancing the fullness, roundness, and volume of the derriere.

The Benefits of a Fat Transfer

There are a number of reasons why patients love the Brazilian butt lift process:

Two procedures in one

While Brazilian butt lifts are not a weight loss solution, they can help reduce stubborn fat pockets throughout the body while enhancing the butt. For many patients, this two-in-one approach can help them achieve their ideal figure with just one procedure.

More natural than silicone

While silicone has a long and successful medical history, not all patients are comfortable with the idea of having a foreign substance in their body for extended periods of time. As Brazilian butt lifts use an individual’s own body fat to enhance their shape, the likelihood of the body reacting negatively to treatment diminishes.

Less invasive that implant placement

Compared to traditional buttock augmentation, Brazilian butt lifts are a bit less invasive. Fat is harvested from other parts of the body via liposuction then reinjected without the need to make major incisions into the muscle tissue. The procedure is generally performed as an outpatient procedure, and most patients are surprised by how pleasant the two-week recovery process is.

Lasting, natural looking results

Unlike other cells in the body, fat cells are nearly impossible to remove without physical extraction. As Brazilian butt lifts take unwanted fat cells from one part of the body and transfer them to derriere, patients don’t need to worry about more fat cells replacing the ones that had been used to enhance their rear. Best of all, as no implants are used, the treatment results in natural feeling curves.

What to look for in a Brazilian Butt Lift Surgeon

Like all other surgical treatments, there are certain risks associated with Brazilian butt lifts. However, choosing an experienced surgeon who is knowledgeable about fat transfer procedures can ensure a comfortable and successful treatment. When searching for the right plastic surgeon, be sure to ask prospective surgeons about:

Get the curves you deserve at BHPS

At Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery, our experienced team is committed to helping patients feel comfortable and confident in the way they look. If you’re ready to achieve a curvier, more feminine figure, call our team today and schedule your consultation.