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Buttock Augmentation |
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There are a variety of cosmetic surgery procedures available to those who would like to have youthful, fuller, and perky buttocks with a more sensual body profile. The procedure for buttock augmentation Beverly Hills and enhancement specifically varies depending on what is the actual deficiency and what is missing. There are many who are either genetically or by weight gain have developed "fat and wide" buttocks. Liposculpture can help these people by shaping their buttocks and the surrounding tissues to make the buttocks rounder and more proportional to the rest of the figure. There are others who have "flat and wide" buttocks. Besides utilizing liposculpture to shape of their buttocks, fat injection or buttock implants are used to augment the deficient buttock volume and to provide projection. |
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Finally, there are people that through either weight loss or aging have developed "flat and sagging" buttocks. These people can consider buttock lift with or without buttock augmentation. It is possible to utilize some of the discarded fat and soft tissue to augment the buttocks. The newly sensationalized "Brazilian Butt Lift Beverly Hills" is not truly a buttock lift procedure but more an augmentation which appears to have lifted the buttock by actually augmenting it and increasing its projection. |
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Why is there such an interest in buttock augmentation in Beverly Hills? The reason for this fury is that many men and women are just unhappy with their butts. Their buttock is too flat, too wide, or sag too much. Clothes don’t fit or look good on them. They were either born like this, or lost the form and shape of their buttocks after losing or gaining weight. Pregnancy, or just aging alone, can also affect the size, projection, and profile of the buttocks. This leaves many beauty-conscious people of Beverly Hills frustrated, especially those who don’t get the desired improvement through exercise and muscle toning. Dr. Sean Younai is an experienced Los Angeles plastic surgeon with years of experience in helping people achieve their desired shape and size. |
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How Painful Is Buttock Augmentation? Usually, fat injection is much less painful that buttock augmentation with implants. Fat injection feels mostly like a bad bruise while implant placement feels like a bad muscle cramp. These pains are manageable with the prescribed medications. |
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When Can I Resume Sexual Relations? Fat Injection does not hinder your ability to have sexual relations. However, you should resume sexual activity only as you feel comfortable in doing so. The desire to resume having sex varies from patient to patient. On the other hand, with buttock implant placement you should avoid having any strenuous sex for about six weeks after surgery. |
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What Are the Major Risks and Potential Complications of Buttock Augmentation? Like any non-cosmetic major surgery, buttock augmentation has potential risks and complications. Therefore, you should consider it as seriously as you would any major surgery. Also note that augmentation with implants carries a much higher rate of complications as compared to fat injection. |
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What Are the Common Minor Complications, or Consequences? Changes in Skin Sensation: This is a normal consequence that occurs in everyone to a different extent. You may experience "paresthesia," which is an altered sensation at the site of the liposuction. This may either be in the form of an increased sensitivity (pain) in the area, or the loss of any feeling (numbness) in the area. This sensation is permanent in very rare cases. However, in almost all patients it goes away within the first two to four months after surgery. Massaging the area of liposuction helps increase circulation, and facilitates return of normal skin sensation. |
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Swelling: This is also a normal occurrence that occurs in every patient. Compression garments and post-operative massage help to minimize this, as well as reducing its duration to less than two months. |
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Bruising: There will be bruising in many areas that are liposuctioned or grafted, as well as in adjacent or dependent areas. For example, you will also note bruising and swelling in the back of your thighs and your genitalia. This is not because these areas are actually liposuctioned. However, bruises usually move downward due to gravity, and can thus temporarily accumulate in the genitalia. Some bruising can last a long time or even lead to permanent skin pigmentation. Sun tanning immediately after surgery can cause these bruises to become permanent skin stains |
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Skin Irregularities or Dimples: The areas of injected with fat can develop contour irregularities, including bumps and dimples depending on your skin elasticity and the extent of fat injection. Usually, post-operative massage helps to smooth these areas. |
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Pain and Discomfort: You should expect to have pain or discomfort similar to a feeling of having worked out too hard. Some of this may feel like a stabbing pain in the augmented areas, and in adjacent areas. This can usually be managed by pain medications, and it generally lasts for a few weeks. Rarely, and in people with Fibromyalgia, or other forms of chronic pain syndrome, there can be a worsening of the patient’s baseline pain. Depression, emotional, or sexual changes: There have been reported incidents of post-liposculpture depression similar to postpartum depression. While this is usually temporary, patients need to address it with their physician. |
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Seroma or fluid collection: After fat injection or implant placement, there may be a pooling of serum, the straw colored liquid from your blood, in the buttock areas. Your surgeon can alleviate these by draining them with a small needle in an office procedure. Fat Absorption and Sclerosis: Approximately 30% of the injected fat does not survive and gets absorbed. If this happens unevenly, there could be areas were you feel or see dimples or dents due to excessive resorption or fat. Also, in the areas of fat absorption scarring can occur which makes the tissue feel hard. Gentle massage over the buttock area helps even out and smoothen these areas during the recovery phase. |
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Dr. Younai is a Board Certified Plastic, Cosmetic, & Reconstructive Surgeon who is experienced in body contouring including Buttock Augmentation with fat injection or implants, as well as buttock, thigh, and body |
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