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Implants or Fat Injections for Buttock Augmentation

Attention to the size and shape of the buttocks has always been an important part of body aesthetics. But fashion trends, Hollywood and societal awareness has driven the demand for aesthetic buttock surgery to new levels in the U.S. over the past few years. As a result, buttock enhancement is one of the most rapidly Read More…

The Increasing Popularity of Buttock Augmentation

  While the overall number of plastic surgery procedures continue to slowly rise each year, some procedures have increased more than others. One such procedure is buttock augmentation, up nearly 40% last year.  Plumping procedures have always been popular in plastic surgery and the buttocks represents the biggest body part to plump of them all.  Read More…

Buttock Anatomy and Fat Injection Augmentation

Buttock augmentation has become a part of mainstream body contouring plastic surgery. Creating a larger buttock has become desirous of those who have a normal size and just want to become bigger (ethnic buttock enhancement) to those who simply have never had one or ‘lost’ it at some point. Its popularity is largely due to Read More…

The Danger of Silicone Buttock Injections

  While immigration issues, largely that of the Hispanic and Latino origin, have dominated the national headlines for a while and will continue into the future, there is a cosmetic medical issue also brewing within these U.S. communities. In large urban areas such as L.A. New York and Chicago, this influx of legal and illegals Read More…

Common Questions about Buttock Augmentation

  1.      Why would someone want their buttocks bigger?   The shape and size of the buttocks, like the breast, is highly influenced by race and culture. African-Americans, Latinos, and South Americans place more aesthetic priority on the buttocks than most Caucasians. They desire fuller and rounder buttock dimensions. Unfortunately, no amount of diet and  Read More…

Common Questions about Body Implant Surgery

  1. What is body implant surgery? While everyone has heard of breast implants, few are aware that there are other locations for the placement of implants to enhance the contours of one’s body. All of these body implants are for the purposes of enhancing certain muscles. Think of body implants as muscle contouring surgery. Read More…

Buttock Implant Incision Location and Scar

  When one wants assured buttock enhancement, the use of a synthetic implant is needed. Whether the implant is placed above the muscle (subfascial) or inside it (intramuscular), an incision is needed to get to the desired recipient site. The standard incision for buttock implants is placed at the apex of the gluteal crease and Read More…

Subfascial and Intramuscular Placement of Buttock Implants

The desire for a pleasing appearing buttocks is an historic one. The ancient Greeks had a name for it…callipygeny…meaning beautiful buttocks. A well-developed buttock is uniquely human and developed as a result of standing erect on two feet. The buttock shape is primarily a result of the underlying muscle (gluteus maximus) and the amount of Read More…

Buttock Implants vs. Fat Injections for Buttock Enlargement Surgery

  Enlargement of the buttocks or buttock enhancement is a plastic surgery procedure that has become more commonly requested and performed in the past several years than ever before. Ten years ago, this was a procedure that was unheard of and rarely done. Due to cultural influences and a changing population mix, the shape and Read More…

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