Enhancing your butt curves can dramatically change your silhouette and revitalize your confidence. If you want a fuller, rounder butt, you may be considering a Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) or butt implants. Both can beautify and refine your rear end, but the procedures are very different.

Understanding the distinctions can help you find the butt surgery for your body and goals. In his Beverly Hills, CA, plastic surgery practice, renowned plastic surgeon Dr. A. J. Khalil specializes in butt enhancement surgeries tailored to the individual.

Both BBL and butt implants can be great options: It all depends on the patient’s goals, anatomy, and needs. Keep reading to learn how the two procedures compare.

Brazilian Butt Lift: Using Your Fat for Natural Enhancement

A BBL adds volume and shape to the butt using natural fat, not implants.

In a BBL, Dr. Khalil performs liposuction to remove extra fat from a donor site. You can choose your abdomen, back, love handles, thighs, or other areas.

After that, Dr. Khalil purifies the fat cells and injects them to boost buttock volume and enhance shape.

Advantages of a BBL:

  • Your Fat: No allergic reactions to worry about
  • Natural Feel: Since it’s your fat, just relocated, the newly enhanced butt feels just as soft and natural as before
  • Natural Appearance: Because there are no foreign materials, you need not worry about a fake look
  • Two in One: BBL allows you to remove fat pockets you don’t want while achieving the curvy, rounded butt you do want

There aren’t many drawbacks to a BBL, which is why it’s now the most popular butt enhancement surgery. However, only some fat cells survive, so you could need a second procedure to reach your optimal buttock fullness.

Ideal candidates have enough excess fat to harvest for transfer, so a BBL isn’t well suited for very slim people who lack fat.

Butt Implants: Adding Volume with Silicone Implants

Butt implants are silicone shapes that create a curvy rear end. They can instantly increase volume and shape, embedded inside or underneath the gluteal muscles.

Butt Implant Benefits:

Butt implants offer a few significant advantages, including:

  • Permanent: Retain their shape without shrinking
  • Suitable for Thin Patients: Butt implants allow thin patients a way to enhance their butt if they don’t qualify for a BBL.

Although butt implants deliver consistent results, the surgery is more invasive and requires a longer recovery than a BBL. As with other types of implants (like breast implants), there is a low risk of complications such as capsular contracture or implant shifting.

Contact Us

If you’re considering a BBL or butt implants, Dr. A. J. Khalil in Beverly Hills, CA, can expertly guide you to results you’ll love. Call us at 310-385-8601 to schedule a consultation.