Buttocks Augmentation

A buttocks augmentation is a surgical procedure that, either through implantation technique or a fat transfer procedure, enhances the volume, shape, and firmness of the buttocks.

Silicone buttocks implants
Buttocks implants are solid silicone; they are not shells with filler in them like a breast implant.

Incisions are made either between the buttocks (intergluteal crease) or where the buttocks meet the back of the thigh (infragluteal crease). The implants can be placed either beneath the gluteus muscle or between the muscle and the fascia.

Fat transfer procedure to the buttocks
Also known as a Brazilian butt lift, this minimally invasive fat transfer produces a beautiful buttocks. It uses fat taken elsewhere from the body the abdomen, flanks, thighs or knees—and is re-injected into the buttocks.

Incisions are made at the infragluteal crease, where the fat is then inserted slowly and evenly, both above, into, and below the gluteus muscle. This procedure produces an enviably full and feminine buttocks that is high and tight.

Buttocks Augmentation: Implants vs. fat transfer

The fat transfer procedure is preferable over the implantation process for several reasons:

• It uses the patient's own fat, greatly decreasing the risk for infection or rejection of the filler.
• Implants can slide out of place or become infected more commonly than fat grafted into and around a muscle.
• Customized implants are much more expensive than fat transfer.
• The patient gets a "2-for-1" out of a fat transfer. She gets a slimmer abdomen, flanks, thighs or knees from fat harvesting and a beautiful buttocks all in one procedure. 


Buttocks augmentation for men
The buttocks augmentation is also open to men who desire a more athletic-looking buttocks.

The procedure is easily customizable for the male buttocks by inserting fat into the muscle in a square, rather than a rounded, feminine shape.

An overall athletic male body is produced when the buttocks are augmented along with the abdominals and arms, especially the deltoid muscles. Voluminous muscles provide a muscular and definitively masculine profile.