Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL)

The Brazilian Butt Lift is one of Dr. Markarian’s favorite surgeries to perform. He has taken an extra special interest in achieving the best outcomes possible by pursuing advanced surgical training beyond his Harvard experience and took time during his aesthetic plastic surgery fellowship to go to Miami and learn from top Brazilian Butt Lift surgeon, Dr. Constantino Mendieta.

Butt Augmentation

Butt augmentation, or butt lift, can enhance the natural curves of patients who are unhappy with the shape or lack of fullness of their buttocks. A butt lift can add volume and roundness to a flat or small buttock for patients seeking a more balanced body profile. 

If you want to enlarge or enhance your booty shape, but it does not respond to diet or exercise, a butt lift may be the solution you’ve been looking for. A butt augmentation contours the buttocks and compensates for less volume of fat in the area. Men and women who add volume to their bottoms can enjoy a more voluptuous and shapely body silhouette.  

Butt augmentation is a highly satisfying and permanent procedure that enhances the profile of the buttocks and surrounding areas for a younger, firmer, curvier, and fuller look.

The goals of a butt lift (butt augmentation) are to enhance the natural curve and fullness of the buttocks, to create a younger, firmer, curvier, and fuller look, and to provide a more voluptuous and shapely body silhouette.

Butt Augmentation with Fat Transfer

Dr. Markarian performs butt augmentation with fat transfer, also known as the “Brazilian Butt Lift.”  This involves two steps:

  • First, Dr. Markarian takes fat from unwanted areas through liposuction. The most popular areas for liposuction for butt augmentation are the lower back, waist, flanks (love handles), and abdominal area. This provides the perfect amount of fat cells for butt enhancement, while also contouring the areas around the butt for a more dramatic result. Liposculpting the small of the back creates a beautiful curve that makes the lower back curve in, while the buttock projects out. The combination is dramatic and very flattering. The removed fat is then purified using a special process so the best quality fat is ready to be reintroduced back into the body.
  • In the second step, Dr. Markarian adds the donor fat to the buttocks with tiny injections at different depths to ensure an even, attractive augmentation. This method of fat injection creates a shapely contour to the buttocks that lasts a long time. Dr. Markarian gives special attention to your unique body shape so the entire buttock looks youthful and naturally lifted. Each patient’s results will be customized to his/her goal body frame. It is important to perform butt fat transfer at the time of liposuction because once the fat has been removed, you may never have enough fat to shape and rejuvenate the buttocks in the future.

If you’re a good candidate for this procedure, the rewards can be extremely satisfying. Dr. Markarian offers this transformational procedure to almost all patients who need liposuction. By using the fat in shaping the hips and buttocks, the waistline and hips become very curvaceous, the skin of the buttock becomes tighter, clothes fit better, and the buttock area may even appear more youthful. The created lift effect enhances and rejuvenates the whole body silhouette.  As buttock shape and proportion are critical to the overall beauty of the body, many times this can be combined with a full-body makeover, sometimes referred to as a mommy makeover, including tummy tuck, breast shaping (breast augmentation or breast lift), and liposuction (liposculpture).

Having Brazilian Butt Lift Surgery

BBL surgery is done under general anesthesia, which means you will be asleep and feel nothing during the procedure. The surgery takes several hours and is performed as an outpatient procedure, meaning you can have a friend or a family member drive you home the same day as your surgery, but some patients prefer an overnight stay.

Whether you opt for a traditional Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) or a 360 BBL, which incorporates 360 lipo to contour your entire midsection and enhance your curves, there are ways to love your curves.Looking for answers to specific questions about BBL, such as what to expect during recovery, how to prepare, and whether it’s safe? Check out our detailed Boston BBL FAQs page, BBL in Boston FAQs: Everything You Need to Know.

Patient Results

A woman in her 20s is shown 3 months after Gluteal Contouring with fat grafting to the buttocks, aka Brazilian Butt Lift. The goal is to enhance the natural curve and fullness of the buttocks to create a younger, firmer, curvier and fuller look, and to provide a more voluptuous and shapely body silhouette.

A woman in her 30s is shown 5 months after a 360 Lipo and a Brazilian Butt Lift.

A woman in her 30s is shown 5 months after a 360 Lipo and a Brazilian Butt Lift.

This young patient is shown 2 months following a “skinny” Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) with 360 Liposuction.  Oftentimes in patients who do not have much fat, a BBL can be more about “what you take out”, and less about what you “put in”.  With careful liposuction of the abdomen, flanks, and back in this patient, I tried to “snatch” the waist to accentuate her buttock contour and placed the harvested fat predominantly in the hip dips to optimize her hourglass figure. As always, extra time was taken in the OR to filter, purify, and concentrate the suctioned fat prior to injecting it safely into the buttocks to maximize fat graft take