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AUGMENTATION GALLERY

BUTTOCK AUGMENTATION

This procedure is employed to enhance the contour and projection of the buttock. It is usually performed under general anesthesia as an outpatient procedure.

Thin patients who do not have enough donor fat are good candidates for buttock implants. In this procedure, Silicone implants are inserted underneath the gluteal (buttock) muscles through a small incision in the lower back near the tail bone area. Standard buttock augmentation usually takes around 2-3 hours to perform. You will be encouraged to be moving and walking within 1-2 days. The patients are allowed to be back to work from 2 to 3 weeks and more strenuous activity is allowed in 4 to 6 weeks.

Patients with enough fat stores in their trunk or extremities are good candidates for fat transfer. In this technique, liposuction is performed in the stomach area, hips and flanks, axillary (arm pit) roll area as well as the thighs. The harvested fat will be collected under sterile technique and strained to make it thick and concentrated. This fat is re-injected using special canulas into the buttock area for augmentation. Liposuction will give a better contour to these areas, an added advantage to this procedure. Standard fat transfer to the buttocks usually takes around 2-3 hours to perform. This depends on the areas where liposuction is performed. Recovery form this procedure ranges from 5-7 days. patients are allowed to be back to work from 1-2 weeks.

Buttock Augmentation patients are asked to wear a girdle "compression garment" for 4-6 weeks to allow for better healing. No sutures to be removed since I use dissolvable sutures to close the wounds.

The specific risks and the suitability of this procedure for a given individual can be determined only at the time of your consultation. All surgical procedures have some degree of risk. Minor complications that do not affect the outcome occur occasionally. Major complications are unusual