Now, we are finally starting to embrace that there are lots of ways to stand out, and one of the fastest growing ways is with a fuller, rounder butt!" What is involved?ĭuring your Brazilian butt lift procedure, a surgeon will harvest fat from areas where you have excess such as the abdomen, thighs, upper back (aka "bra rolls") or arms. Twenty years ago there was one way to be pretty in America and that was to be as skinny as possible. Sacha Obaid, a board-certified plastic surgeon and ASPS member states, "What we are seeing is that American culture is finally expanding its concept of beauty. In properly skilled hands, it is not just about increasing the size of the butt, but also about obtaining a shapelier butt, and recontouring the entire torso, including the waist, abdomen, and thighs.Īs Dr. While these numbers are not as high as those performed for breast augmentation, it does help to explain why it is one of the fastest growing cosmetic procedures today. Essentially, this is a combination of liposuction AND buttock augmentation. Buttock augmentation with fat graftingĭuring this procedure, a surgeon removes fat from an area where it's not wanted-such as the abdomen or thighs-and places it into the buttocks. Buttock augmentation with fat grafting-also known as a "Brazilian butt lift"-has increased 26% between 20, while augmentation with implants increased 18% over the same period. Buttock augmentation is one of the fastest growing cosmetic surgical procedures performed by board-certified plastic surgeons, according to 2016 Annual Statistics.