Full beautiful bottoms are a sign of youth and vitality, and enlargement procedures are becoming increasingly popular. Statistically, The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) notes that buttock augmentation took one of the top spots recently for the most significant increases in the number of procedures performed, by a whopping 58 percent!
By Peter Fodor, MD & Beverly Brooks
The Plastic Surgery Channel
This comes as no surprise to board certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Peter Fodor. “We’ve seen a significant increase in buttock augmentation in the U.S. It was slow catching on, but that’s no longer the case.”
Celebrities Jennifer Lopez, along with Kim Kardashian’s voluptuous body could be attributed to some of the buttock enlargement frenzy!
Sculpting the Entire Body
“Not only do we harvest fat to create a full beautiful bottom, we also sculpt the body,” says Fodor. “It’s a 2 for 1 procedure.”
“Buttock augmentation gives you curves you never had and makes you feel sexier and more confident in clothing that you were never able to quite fill out.”
Finding the right balance, and ensuring your body is in proportion requires a lot of artistic sense, judgment and finesse.
“When considering the procedure, the best results are from board certified plastic surgeons who are willing to devote ample time to assessing the appropriate hip to waist ratio.”
How Buttock Augmentation is Performed
Buttock augmentation reshapes and enhances your gluteal area, for an uplifted and shapelier buttock profile. Fat grafting with your own natural fatty tissue is frequently used.
“We can perform augmentation with an implant. However the preferable method in my practice is to use a patient’s own tissues (fat) and occasionally combine it with an implant,” says Dr. Fodor. “First, we evaluate where there is sufficient donor fat. Those areas are then suctioned, leaving a more aesthetically pleasing contour. The fat is appropriately processed and reinjected into the buttock area creating a beautiful overall figure.”
Candidates for the procedure
- If your buttocks are too small for your body frame
- If your buttock shape is too flat or square and you would like more curves and a more youthful appearance
- If weight loss or the aging process has left your buttocks loose, sagging, and/or flat
- If clothes and swimwear do not fit properly
Fat is a good thing…like money in the bank!
“When people think about fat, it’s often viewed as an ugly reminder to lose weight,” says Fodor. “It doesn’t need to be perceived that way. The way we are able to harvest fat and successfully attach to stem cells our success rate is phenomenal.”
“Appropriate fat harvesting and the addition of stem cells, also isolated and derived from fat, has led to a phenomenal success rate.”
“As it turns out in my practice, at least 80 percent of the fat transferred survives. What you see at three months is a permanent result. This is quite exciting!”
Dr. Fodor perfected his technique of implant augmentation during dozens of teaching trips to Rio de Janeiro and other areas of Brazil. Using your own fat remains the preferred method at his practice.
Recovery
There is initial swelling and some pain associated with buttock augmentation. More with the implants however, than with transferring fat. When compared to buttock implants, recovery time for fat transfer patients is more rapid.
Most normal activities can be resumed within the first week and on average most people are back to work within a week or 10 days.
Consulting with a board certified plastic surgeon is the way to evaluate what works best for YOU!