Buttock Enhancement

This file summarizes the buttock enhancement (gluteal augmentation and lift) procedure: headings and key points only, with no links or images.

What Are Buttock Enhancement Surgeries?

Buttock Augmentation

• Used to improve contour, size, and/or shape of the buttocks.
• Techniques include implants, fat grafting, or a combination.

Buttock Lift

• Improves the shape and tone of supporting tissue, removes sagging skin and fat.
• Does not increase buttock volume.

Candidates

• Physically healthy individuals.
• Realistic expectations about what surgery can achieve.
• Bothered by small buttock size, lack of projection, or asymmetry.
• Significant soft tissue looseness in gluteal area for lift procedure.
• Non-smokers committed to healthy lifestyle.

Cost

• Fat grafting (Brazilian butt lift) average cost about $7,264.
• Buttock implants average about $7,964.
• Buttock lift average about $7,062.
• These figures cover surgeon’s fee, but exclude anesthesia, facility fees, and related expenses.

Consultation

• Discuss your goals, medical history, previous surgeries, lifestyle factors (like smoking, medications).
• Surgeon will evaluate your body, skin quality, available fat, and recommend options.
• You’ll be asked to consider expected outcomes and risks.

Questions to Ask

• Is the surgeon board-certified?
• What technique will be used and why?
• Recovery time and what help you’ll need.
• What risks or complications are possible?
• What if I’m dissatisfied with results—revision policy?

Procedure Steps

Augmentation (Implants or Fat Transfer)

• Choice between implants or fat grafting (or both) based on desired volume, body type, skin quality.

Implant Option

• Anesthesia: general or IV sedation.
• Incision: location and size depend on the implant type and area treated.
• Implant placement: in or under muscle or other planes depending on anatomy.
• Skin closure with layered sutures, adhesives, or tapes.

Fat Grafting Option

• Harvest fat via liposuction from other parts of the body.
• Purify fat, then inject into buttocks to increase fullness and contour.
• Some of the injected fat will be reabsorbed over time.

Preparation

• Medical evaluation and lab tests.
• Stop smoking; avoid medications or supplements that increase bleeding risk.
• Arrange for support for after surgery (transportation, help at home).

Risks and Safety

• Anesthesia risks, bleeding, infection.
• Asymmetry, poor wound healing, persistent pain.
• Skin loss or discoloration, prolonged swelling.
• Need for revision surgery; possible changes in skin sensation.

Recovery

• Dressings, compression garments; drain use if applicable.
• Avoid sitting directly on buttocks for a period; follow surgeon’s directions.
• Gradual resumption of normal activity as healing progresses.

Results

• Visible improvement in shape and volume soon after surgery, with final result as swelling settles.
• Scarring is permanent but often fades over time (up to a couple of years).
• Results last longer with stable weight and healthy lifestyle.