A butt or gluteal augmentation using fat transfer is just like it sounds. Your cosmetic surgeon collects fat using liposuction from your abdomen, flanks, outer thighs, inner thighs, and arms if needed; then carefully prepares your harvested fat for transferring into your buttocks. A bonus to this procedure is that you can have fat removal from the areas of your body that you don’t want, which gives your body a more contoured appearance.

Butt augmentation with liposuction and fat transfer became very popular in Brazil, and as a result, this procedure has become known as a “Brazilian Butt Lift”. Even though it’s not really a lifting procedure, filling the butt with a patient’s own fat gives the advantage of augmenting the size and fullness of the butt, and also lifts the butt.

Cosmetic surgeons continue to refine the fat transfer techniques to minimize the amount of fat graft lost after fat transfer, thereby ensuring that patients get the most beautiful result possible with the amount of donor fat available. Typically, patients can expect a 50-75% fat graft survival or “take”. This means that what you have remaining once the post-surgical swelling subsides and after the fat takes at three months will be your permanent result. Patients are advised to ask about their cosmetic surgeon’s injection techniques and processing systems to minimize their risks for infection or any lumpy-bumpy results. Patients are also reminded that fat transfer to the butt is not a treatment for cellulite.

Obviously, patients must have enough fat for a good fat transfer result. For these whom are unable to harvest fat due to no presence of excess body fat, patient may consider gluteal implants which can provide beautiful and consistent results.