Other Plastic Surgery: Brazilian Butt Lift

One of the most popular new procedures for butt augmentation, the Brazilian Butt Lift, is a less invasive take on butt implants and butt lift surgery. The procedure itself utilizes donor body fat, which is injected into specific, varied points on the buttocks after being removed via minor liposuction.

Brazilian butt lifts don't involve making incisions in the buttock tissue, and don't require any recontouring of buttock skin and muscle, as is typical with standard buttock lift surgery or butt implants. For this reason, Brazilian butt lifts reportedly require less recovery time, and pose a lesser risk of side effects. Lastly, because Brazilian butt lifts use a patient's own body fat in the injection, there is virtually no risk of allergic reactions and no potential harm from filler absorption.

Cost for this plastic surgery:

Typical Minimum Cost of Brazilian Butt Lift (based on national averages): $8,000.00

Typical Maximum Cost of Brazilian Butt Lift (based on national averages): $15,000.00

National Average Cost of Brazilian Butt Lift: $11,500.00

Time Required for Brazilian Butt Lift: The procedure for this plastic surgery usually takes a minimum of 2 hours, but timing will also be affected by the individual surgeon, and how long the fat purification process takes prior to injection.

Is Brazilian Butt Lift an InPatient or OutPatient Procedure?

Outpatient unless otherwise indicated by the practicing surgeon.

What are the Side Effects of Brazilian Butt Lift?

Side effects from Brazilian butt lifts may include loss of sensitivity or numbness, bruising, swelling at injection site or from the liposuction, temporarily puffy or irregular skin, and slight oozing at injection site.

How Long do Brazilian Butt Lift results last?

Many providers say that if it's performed correctly, Brazilian butt lift procedures can yield permanent results. The biggest factors that can alter a patient's results can include changes in weight, body composition or body fat percentage. Over the years, there's also a chance that some of the original injected fat will be reabsorbed slightly back into the body.

What is the recovery time for Brazilian Butt Lift?

Brazilian butt lift patients should expect to refrain from putting much weight on their behinds for about 2 weeks post procedure. During this 2-week period, patients will also be advised to wear a special garment to help support the newly augmented buttock tissue and prevent excessive swelling. Patients should be back to their normal routines at max, 4 weeks.

Will my insurance company cover Brazilian Butt Lift?

Since Brazilian butt lifts are usually classified as a cosmetic procedure, insurance doesn't usually cover treatment.

Is there much discomfort for Brazilian Butt Lift?

Most patients describe the discomfort as mild. Pain and swelling following surgery usually subsides in a few days.

What types of anesthesia is necessary for Brazilian Butt Lift?

The practicing surgeon will require general or local anesthesia for the liposuction treatment portion, and will likely use local anesthesia for the buttock injections.

What else is Brazilian Butt Lift referred to as?

Butt injections, Brazilian butt injections, butt augmentation, butt lift injections, buttock enhancement, butt fat transfers, fat transfer injections, etc.

What is a Brazilian Buttock Lift?

Whether the Brazilian buttock lift was inspired by the famous posterior of Gisele herself, or created by a Brazilian cosmetic surgeon, we aren't sure. Regardless of its origins, we do know a bit about the procedure itself, and how it corrects flat, saggy buttocks long term. Unlike a standard buttock lift procedure, which involves skin and muscle tissue at the top of the buttocks being surgically lifted and contoured, the Brazilian buttock lift relies mainly on the injection of donor body fat into specific points on the patient's derrière. The donor fat is extracted from areas like the stomach, hips or thighs via liposuction or LipoSelection®, put through a purification process, and then re-injected into the buttocks.

The Brazilian buttock lift can be performed solely with buttock fat injections and minor liposuction, or be combined with the standard surgical lift to provide the most enhanced results possible. The specifics of your buttock lift procedure will depend on your individual goals with buttock enhancement, on your natural body type, and on the amount of donor body fat you have to work with. Patients with smaller frames and a low percentage of natural body fat may find that buttock implants are the only way to achieve the results they're after.

Some advantages of the Brazilian buttock lift over the standard buttock lift or buttock implant procedures include:

Brazilian buttock lifts are said to create a more natural-looking shape and feel, since they are enhanced with the body's own natural fat deposits.

Brazilian buttock lifts can sometimes mean a shorter post-procedure recovery time, since the surgical requirements are less intensive than implant options.

Brazilian buttock lifts are typically less costly than buttock implants.

Brazilian buttock lifts, while not completely permanent, are said to retain most of their injected fat deposits over time. According to Dr. Anthony Griffin, who was featured on ABC's "Extreme Makeover," "at least 50 percent of the re-injected fat" will remain for Brazilian buttock lift patients.

Source: plasticsurgeryportal.com; safecosmeticsurgery.net; wikipedia.org