Autologous fat grafting involves using excessive fats fromother bodily parts as a filler in order to give the butt a fuller look, artificial implants involve surgery to insert the impant in the buttocks area.

This is a great question as the recommendations for implants can be confusing at times. The confusion often stems from the old recommendation that breast implants needed to be changed every 10 years, that is no longer true. In our practice if patients love their breasts and implants we don’t change them just because they reach a certain age.

However, if patients are very young it also doesn’t mean that the implant will last 80 years. Occasionally patients will need the implant revised or exchanged. It is common for patients to have the implants for many years before ever needing to do any type of exchange or revision.

Patient tend to be extremely happy with the butt implants. It is a great option for patients that don’t have enough fat or want more projection then is possible with fat transfer alone. Some patients also have a combination of fat transfer and butt implants to achieve the results that they desire.

Butt implants, much like breast implants come in a variety of sizes and shapes. There are not as many options in terms of various sizes and shapes but there are plenty for patients to choice from.

The implants are a solid silicone so that then can take the daily abuse that our butt endures. The come in round and shaped implants. There are sizes from as small as 200cc up to almost 800cc for each implant.

Just like with breast implants it is important to discuss with your plastic surgeon your wishes and aesthetic goals so that you can achieve the look that you desire. Your surgeon will help guide you deciding on a butt implant.

Butt augmentation has become one of the fastest growing aesthetic procedures in the U.S. Both fat transfer and Butt Implants are both good procedures it just depends on the individual needs of each person.

The fat grafting has the benefit of sculpting a patient’s waist, it transforms the patient from a square shape to more of an hour glass figure. The fat can then be used to enhance the buttock. The other benefit is that you are augmenting the butt with your own natural tissue. The down side is that you have to have enough fat to do the augmentation and that there is a limit to how big you can make the butt in one setting with fat transfer.

Butt implants have the benefit that they can be used independent of the amount of fat that a patient currently has available. Also the implants tend to give patients more projection of their butt, so even when patients are very flat they will have an incredible result. The implants only augment the butt they do not sculpt the waist.

Butt implants with fat transfer is the third option and very common in my practice. It has the best of both worlds as it has the augmentation of the implant and the shaping of the liposuction. The fat that is harvested can also be used to enhance the hips or other areas that your plastic surgeon may want to enhance after the placement of the implant