Butt lift augmentation – Brazilian butt lift
- autologous fat placement
- placement of prostheses which i highly discourage
- liposuction
The patient stays in the clinic overnight, and the next day leaves with instructions. After 7 days, the patient can sit down. In 15 days she returns to her / his activities. The sutures are intradermal and absorbable. Exercise is allowed after the first month. Complete recovery occurs in a month.

You ask, we answer …
- What exactly do we mean by Brazilian butt lift?
- Where is the incision – scar of the butt lift surgery placed?
- Can the placement of implants (fat, hyaluronic acid, prostheses) by itself lift the buttocks?
- Can exercise correct sagging skin on the buttocks?
- What are the side effects and complications after butt lift augmentation surgery?
- Are the results of butt lift permanent?
Is Brazilian butt lift dangerous
The answer in short is yes it can be very risky especially in the case that an undertrained surgeon performs this operation.
The postmortem findings from the deceased patients showed two common causes of death following a BBL: 1) fat within and beneath the gluteal muscles, and 2) massive fat emboli. The findings were consistent with the typical risks associated with the intramuscular fat grafting technique.
Intramuscular fat injection is one method that plastic surgeons employ along with the superficial administration of fat during BBL. While it is mostly done to ensure that there is a higher chance of fat survival, it requires a precise and careful application. Anatomically, important nerves and blood vessels pass through the gluteal region. Thus, injecting the cannula deep into the muscles can hit these major structures and cause injury and complication. It can even lead to a heart or pulmonary fat embolism (PFE) that can become deadly if not treated immediately. Fat embolism results when the grafted fat is injected into the bloodstream, obstructing the major blood vessels of the heart or the lungs.
Thus i strongly recommend that the augmentation take place with suprafascial placement of fat in 3D fashion and thats what lessens the risks significantly.
- Surgery
- Buttock lift and augmentation
- Duration
- Varies
- Recovery time
- 7 - 15 weeks