What’s better? Brazilian butt lift or butt implants?

There are two options – A Brazilian Butt Lift or Butt Implants. I recommend a BBL which is a safe and effect procedure where we remove fat from areas of your body such as your stomach, thighs, arms, etc. And inject the fat into the buttocks. We mold your body to the desired look you want to achieve.

For a butt like Kim Kardashian, there must be a sufficient amount of fat to extract to achieve the desired volume. If the patient is does not have enough fat, we recommend to gain about 10 pounds for the procedure. (Keith S. Berman, MD, Miami Plastic Surgeon)

Buttocks of that proportion generally requires two techniques, one fat transfer and the other buttock implant. The fat transfer gives lateral and superior phone this while the breast implant provides posterior projection.

You also need to have enough fat reserves available in liposuction to add a lot of fat to the buttock. (Marshall T. Partington, MD, FACS, Seattle Plastic Surgeon)

I get these types of questions a lot and can I sympathize. Having a goal for what we want to look like is normal and it’s something we all do. However, understanding that you can achieve your own bodies potential, and it can be just as beautiful.

I would be careful in the cases where someone wanting to look exactly like someone, and explain it’s not usually a realistic possibility. No one can promise you that they can give you Kim’s butt. (And if they do, I would consider this a red flag.)

Your body is unique and so are theirs. Diet, exercise, and genetics are the biggest contributing factors to her figure. Having said that, your board certified plastic surgeon should discuss your potential based on your body frame and structure.

The Brazilian Butt lift is a surgery use to create an hourglass figure. Liposuction is used to remove fat from areas where you don’t need/want it (usually the abdomen, lower back, thighs) and that fat is removed using a specific equipment and techniques to retain as much healthy fat cells as possible. (*It is crucial to the success of your surgery to obtain the fat in this manner)…

The fat is then strategically injected in to specific areas to used round out your butt and hips. (Alfred Sofer, MD, FACS, Fairfield Plastic Surgeon)

Enhancing the Derrière with Brazilian Butt Lift

While we can’t speak for Mrs. Kardashian, we can certainly agree with the statement that Brazilian butt lifts (also called buttock augmentation) is a viable way to enhance the shape of the derrière. Typically buttock augmentations utilize the fat transfer technique to complete this shape-modifying procedure.

How to get butt like Kim Kardashian

The fat transfer process uses injections consisting of a patient’s own fat from other areas obtained through liposuction around the buttocks, thighs, hips or abdomen. Once an ample amount of donated fat is taken, it is then purified and re-injected into the predetermined areas of the buttocks.

A benefit of fat transfer, versus implants, is that by using a patient’s own fat, it allows the surgeon to sculpt the injected fat into a more naturally-prominent buttock. Plus, the fat transfer technique for Brazilian butt lift also significantly decreases the risk of complications associated with the introduction of a foreign object into the body, like butt implants. (David Whiteman, MD, Atlanta Plastic Surgeon)

Brazilian Butt Lift is a transfer of fat

If you have extra fat somewhere you don’t want it to be, it can be removed by liposuction and transferred to your buttocks to produce a nice, full shape. The results are long-lasting and feel very natural because it is your own fat. Although implants are great in the breasts, in the buttocks (where there is sitting and constant pressure) there are many complications. That’s why the BBL has become so popular. (John Zannis, MD, New Bern Plastic Surgeon)

I would suggest you refer to the excellent answer given in this chain by Dr Ashkam Ghavami. I would agree with his answer and advice. (Sultan Hassan, MD, FRCS(Plast), London Plastic Surgeon)

Without a proper evaluation is hard to tell if you would be a good candidate to in your body frame to look like Kim K, patients need to be realistic and understand the every patient is different and could achieve an excellent result, the technique of your surgeon to sculpture your body