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.

