Kim Kardashian & Jennifer Lopez showing off their natural curves

Butt augmentation surgery has slowly gained in popularity during the last few years. Thanks in part to celebrities like Jennifer Lopez and Kim Kardashian, who have added more sex appeal to the rear area, women are looking into the cosmetic solutions to help them achieve a fuller and more round buttock as well. There are two methods for this type of procedure, butt implants and butt augmentation via fat transfer. This article will discuss the latter and help you determine if you are the right candidate.

Fat transfer is a medical procedure that utilizes fat tissue taken from the patient and is reinserted to add volume to other areas of the body. The first fat injections began in the late 1890s, but it wasn’t widely used for plastic surgery until 1984, when Dr. Mel Bircoll perfected the technique in his published paper, “Autologous Fat Transplantation Using Liposuction Techniques.”

According to Dr. Samuel J. Beran of the Cosmetic Surgery Associates of New York, “fat transfers for butt augmentation is a relatively modern phenomenon in the last five to 10 years. The way it works is that you need to understand that fat is a living tissue. Just like any other tissue in the body, if I remove it from one area and place it in another area with a good blood supply, most of it will survive. It lives in its new home and acts just like it did in the old location.

“With butt augmentation, I take fat from one area, usually the stomach or the love handles, and place it into the buttock region. I deposit it exactly where it needs to be in order to sculpt a better looking buttock. It gives the patient a little bit of a lift, saves time, and increases proportionality and rounds up the curve,” added Dr. Beran.

A recent post on Dr. Beran’s blog indicated that butt augmentations via fat transfers is ideal for people who have enough fat stored in their trunk or extremities to serve as donor fat. The fat is removed through liposuction, where it is then purified and re-injected into the buttocks.

Dr. Beran explains that most fat is taken from the stomach and love handles because “most patients have a little bit of fat there to remove, they’re happy to have it gone, and it further enhances the figure because it narrows the front and sides and puts the fat in the buttock.”

Between 300 and 800 ccs of fat is needed for a successful fat transfer. As noted in another post, Dr. Beran can determine how much fat is necessary based on your desired outcome. He has performed this procedure successfully for hundreds of patients ranging from those in their 20s to mid-40s. Patients who have a slender body shape with little to no fat to spare are ideal candidates for butt implants, rather than fat transfer.

Butt augmentations via fat transfers costs around $10,000 and, like any cosmetic procedure, insurance will not cover it.

So if you are one of the hundreds of women that are unsatisfied with their butt and if this procedure seems right for you, please contact Dr. Beran for a consultation today.

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