Raising or augmenting the buttocks is one of the most popular treatments in recent decades. It was a Brazilian surgeon, Ivo Pitanguy, who made it fashionable in 2015. One year later, more than 320,000 women had undergone the technique known as “Brazilian Butt”, an intervention that makes it possible to increase the volume of the buttocks and lift them immediately.
What is the Brazilian Butt technique based on?
Traditionally, buttock augmentation has been done with the use of silicone implants. However, the “Brazilian Butt method” or Brazilian Butt consists of using the patient’s own fat. This is fat that is transferred from other areas of the body, ensuring more natural results.
Before buttock augmentation with the Brazilian Butt technique
Before performing the intervention, the specialist in Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery will carry out a preliminary study to know the conditions of the patient for the intervention. The fact that the patient’s own fat will be used makes it necessary for the doctor to analyze the areas where the liposuction will be performed: thighs, hips or abdominal area, as well as the quality of the skin, which is very important.
The specialist will seek balance at all times, recommending the best option to the patient based on his or her objectives and possibilities. In addition, it is a dual treatment, so that not only the buttocks are improved but also the areas from which the fat is extracted.
What does buttock augmentation with the Brazilian Butt technique consist of?
At the time of the procedure, the patient will be administered superficial general anesthesia. The first thing to be done is to extract the fat from the previously indicated areas. The technique used is low pressure liposculpture, since liposuction based on ultrasound or laser can damage the fat. This fat will be depurated and prepared to be transferred.
Then the fat will be injected in the buttock area with cannulas of very small diameter, with a previous design on the skin of the new buttock, something very important. The buttock area will be the recipient of the fat, which will increase the volume of the designed area, according to the patient’s wishes and agreed with the plastic surgeon.
The intervention lasts about 2-3 hours and, after it, the patient will stay one night in the hospital, normally.
Post-operative and results of buttock augmentation: immediate and natural
Buttock augmentation is an immediate procedure. Soon after the patient will be discharged from the hospital, but the dressings must be kept on until the following treatment, that is, one week after the intervention.
It is also very important to comply with the treatment prescribed by the specialist, to avoid any complication or discomfort typical of any surgical intervention. The surgeon will normally recommend the use of a medical cushion to make it easier to sit on sofas, chairs, etc. without the fat graft being affected by the pressure.
Recovery usually takes between 10 and 15 days and the result is very satisfactory for its naturalness, immediacy (in a month can be seen perfectly) and the possibility of improving and sculpting the areas of the body where the fat is extracted.