Brazilian butt lift

What is the Brazilian butt lift ?

Unlike gluteal implants, a BBL takes fat from one area of your body and relocates it to the buttocks. This is a crucial advantage for those looking to achieve more attractive proportions between their waist, thighs and buttocks. To begin a BBL procedure, the doctor performs liposuction on the  areas of unwanted, excess fat. Liposuction is a popular fat reduction procedure that suctions out fatty tissue. VASER and VASER Hi-Def liposuction offer many advantages over traditional liposuction, including better skin retraction and the ability to precisely sculpt the treatment area. Donor fat for a Brazilian Butt Lift is frequently took from:

• Legs
• Abdomen
• Waist
• Love handles
• Chest
• Arms
• Bra strap or banana roll

What are the advantages of Brazilian Butt Lift ?

There are very good reasons behind the popularity of Brazilian butt lifts. Some of these include:

• Patients will see a significant difference immediately after surgery
• Effective treatment for patients desiring a fuller, shapelier buttock
• The results are subtle, with a natural-looking curve and a more pronounced shape
• Patient’s own fat is used to be removed from other parts of the body which will be injected back into the buttocks
• More natural looking results compared to other enhancement methods such as lipo injection with dermal fillers or gluteal implants.
• The potential risks are also lower than buttocks implants surgery
• The process is gentler than traditional methods such as gluteal-implant surgery
• The recovery period is usually shorter than traditional Buttocks implant surgery

How is the Brazilian Buttock Lift Procedure  ?

Fat Grafting or fat transfer to the buttocks should give a natural, subtle curve to the buttocks. It is achieved through a combination of minimally-invasive liposuction and the transfer of fat cells to the buttock.

A Brazilian butt lift consists of fat grafting that is notable for its natural-looking results. The procedure is usually performed under general anesthesia, but in procedures where a smaller volume of fat is transferred, it may be done with only local anesthesia.

It involves reshaping treatment around the saddlebags and lower back and transferring the fat back to the lower body – around your gluteus maximus muscle. Fat is initially extracted through either Body-jet lipo or Micro liposuction from a patient’s chosen area. Common examples are the flanks, abdomen or thighs.

The Brazilian but lift procedure involves few steps:

Fat Collection Process

The surgeon then uses liposuction to remove fat from other areas of the body, such as hips, stomach, and thighs. Liposuction itself involves making incisions in the skin, and then using a special fat transfer syringes, the fat is generally taken from the stomach, flanks, hips, and thighs using a fine vibrating cannula which is less invasive and better protects the living fat cells

This autologous fat harvested with the help of a small cannula is then carefully processed and refined in a sterile device to protect the fat cells. This maximizes their chances of survival before they are refined and injected into the buttocks.

The surgeon takes the donor fat from the abdomen, thighs and upper and outer buttock areas to produce a lifted and more curvaceous shape.

As the amount of donor fat required is substantial (700cc or more, i.e. 500g of fat), the procedure is not suitable for those with low levels of body fat.

Fat Filtering

The fat is filtered and moved from donor to recipient site (usually from the stomach to the buttocks) through a closed system called Lipivage which protects the fat from contamination and lowers damage to the fat cells to ensure better fat survival.

To ensure the highest rate of fat survival, the surgeon usually uses a Lipivage or Puregraft system of fat processing and purification. With Lipivage fat transfer graft, viscosity is more consistent and free of contaminants, allowing a precise result.

These methods are superior to gravity separation, and fractional centrifugation which can destroy fat in filtering out blood, free lipids and excess fluid.

The fat stores that have been removed from the body are purified and readied for injection into the buttocks.

Fat Injection

The surgeon finishes by injecting the processed fat into specific areas of the buttocks to create a more rounded, full look. They make three to five incisions around the buttocks for fat transfers.

Fat particles are then injected into the buttock layers through small incisions on each side. Fat droplets are smoothed through muscle layers so the fat cells gain a good blood supply ensuring the best chance for survival.

A layering technique will create smooth, more rounded buttock without irregularities, giving a significant but natural increase in buttock volume.

Since the fat cells used to enhance the volume of the buttocks are patient’s own cells, this surgical contouring method greatly reduces the chance of complications. It is important to know that some percentage of the injected fat will disappear. The exact amount varies from patient to another.

Both liposuction and fat transfer incisions are closed up with stitches. The surgeon then applies a compression garment against the affected areas of skin to minimize the risk of bleeding.

Another benefit to Brazilian butt lifts is that there is a lower risk of infection compared to silicone buttock implants. It does have a better safety profile than other substances, such as silicone caulking and sealants implants.