BBL – What is a Brazilian Butt Lift?

«Even with vigorous exercise, achieving a sculpted and voluptuous butt can be nearly impossible. Through a Brazilian Butt Lift, you can achieve the sculpted body you’ve always desired, giving you a more athletic appearance and boosting your confidence.»

Dr. Alejandro Leal

EXCLUSIVE PLASTIC SURGEON AT LIPOSSER

What is a Brazilian Butt Lift?

The Brazilian Butt Lift, commonly known as BBL, is a cosmetic surgery that can change the overall shape of your body by sculpting your buttocks into a fuller, rounder, and more aesthetic contour. Genetics determine the shape of your body, but you may be interested in changing your appearance. Diet and exercise can definitely help, but that may not be enough to change your overall shape.

If you’re looking for options that can change your silhouette, a BBL could provide you with the results you desire.

The BBL essentially removes unwanted or excess fat from one area of the body and places it in an area where you may want more volume. The BBL can also provide more natural-looking results than butt implants.

A Brazilian Butt Lift is different from a surgical butt lift, which is a procedure to remove loose skin and reposition sagging tissue to restore a more lifted and youthful appearance. The BBL cannot resolve significant skin laxity. Instead, a BBL adds volume to enhance projection, shape, and tone.

This procedure is highly sought after in the medical practice of our exclusive plastic surgeon, Dr. Alejandro, in Guadalajara.

Each patient has personal aesthetic goals for their BBL, and our exclusive Liposser surgeon has the experience, skill, and artistic sense to achieve the desired look, resulting in a more sensual, curvy, firm physique, with improved volume, shape, and proportionate to their body, achieving a more athletic appearance.

Dr. Alejandro has found that the most optimal results for patients generally require a multifaceted approach, so he provides highly personalized combined treatment plans for his patients when sculpting the body.

Depending on your anatomy, body type, skin quality, desired proportions, and aesthetic concerns, Dr. Alejandro will develop a specific protocol to refresh, remodel, and enhance your appearance.

To ensure optimal buttock contouring, he may recommend combining your BBL with a skin-tightening procedure such as K Láser Blue or BodyTite from the InMode platform to tighten loose and sagging skin in the buttock area. The internal heating devices provide controlled heat beneath the skin, causing the skin to contract. The heat also stimulates increased collagen production, helping to keep the skin healthy and youthful in the long term.

How to Know if You Are a Candidate for a BBL?

If you want to explore your options for sculpting a more attractive buttock contour, with greater firmness and volume, the first step is to schedule a consultation with Dr. Alejandro Leal so he can learn about your medical history, your goals for the buttock enhancement, and assess your skin, tissue, and structure to determine if the BBL is the right approach for you.

In general, the ideal candidates for a Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL):

• Have tried exercise and diet to shape and enhance their buttocks, but that area still looks flat, sagging, and disproportionate.
• Maintain a stable and healthy weight.
• Have good skin elasticity in their buttocks and hips.
• Have enough excess fat to harvest from other areas of the body.
• Are free from any medical conditions that may interfere with the healing process.
• Do not smoke or are willing to quit smoking as directed by the surgeon.
• Are committed to following all pre- and post-operative instructions provided by Dr. Alejandro.

How is the Surgical Procedure?

Most BBL procedures take three to four hours. You will be under light sedation during the procedure, which means no general anesthesia is used. It is intravenous sedation and an epidural block to ensure you feel no pain during the procedure. With this type of sedation, your anxiety will be calmed, and while you will be asleep, you will still be able to respond if the doctors ask you something.

Your surgeon will use liposuction to remove fat from your abdomen, hips, lower back, or thighs. Then, the surgeon makes incisions in the buttocks. They inject the harvested fat cells into the superficial fat layer of the buttocks through these incisions. Finally, the surgeon will close the incisions and may insert surgical drains, which may need to remain in place for a few days after surgery.

What is the Post-Operative Recovery Like?

To ensure you achieve the ideal result, Dr. Alejandro will provide instructions for a post-operative regimen designed to support the healing process and ensure you maximize your procedure.

You will need to wear a special compression garment (girdle) designed to apply continuous pressure to the area to prevent irregularities in the skin. Dr. Alejandro will then recommend post-surgical rehabilitation treatment for several consecutive days at our Liposser facilities.

You should rest at home for at least 15 days and carefully follow all the surgeon’s guidelines during your recovery. You will need to avoid sitting and lying on your back during this time to prevent damaging the fat and compromising your results.

In most cases, after 2 weeks, you will be able to return to work and many of your normal daily activities. Dr. Alejandro will provide personalized guidance during your follow-up appointments to help you gradually and safely increase your activity levels.

When Will You Notice the Results of the BBL?

Changes in the shape and size of your buttocks will be noticeable immediately. As the area heals over the following weeks, you will see continued improvements. It may take 6 to 8 months to see the final results, depending on your body’s healing process.

The BBL makes a significant difference in the appearance of your buttocks, and these satisfying results are long-lasting. However, it’s important to commit to maintaining a balanced, healthy diet and staying active through regular exercise to keep the results of the procedure.

Let yourself be sculpted by the expert hands of Dr. Alejandro Leal and achieve the sculpted body you have always desired.

Contact us to schedule a consultation with our exclusive Liposser surgeon and to provide you with a personalized quote tailored to your needs.