Gluteal enhancement and lift with expanded volume lipofilling
Based on the most recent data from the 2018 American Society of Plastic Surgery statistics: buttock augmentation and lift continues to increase in popularity. Some of the enticement that draws prospective patients to seek this operation is the fact that areas of unwanted fat distribution such as excess flanks, bra line fat, abdomen, and thigh tissue excess can be lipo-contoured to give improved body shape while being the donor site to provide needed fat to be placed into the buttock to correct volume and aesthetic form to the gluteal region. This is one example of robbing Peter to pay Paul that benefits both.
Many varied techniques exist to perform this operation but clearly the best approach that provides excellent outcomes and safety is the expanded volume lipofilling technique described by Drs. Wall and DelVecchio and I have incorporated their methods into my practice. The approach allows for efficient application of fat with an oscillating cannula and an expanded tip which actually creates an enlarged space while simultaneously layering the area with fat. The gravest risk associated with this procedure is being unfamiliar with the anatomy and losing reference of the tip of the cannula and injecting the gluteus muscle with a small diameter tip which can cannulate rather large veins which are confluent with a venous network which ultimately returns to the heart and lungs. A large bolus of fat can act just like an emboli of blood clot and can result in death. Several cases in South America and in the state of Florida have resulted with this outcome. Understanding the human anatomy is very important to prevent this outcome as well as using large cannulas that are two big to enter the venous system and always pointing the tips toward the skin. The process starts by filling areas of deficiencies laterally and superiorly followed by inferiorly to achieve an attractive buttock.
The results are very satisfying for both the patients as well as myself because we create pleasing hour-glass figures by eliminating unwanted contours of the upper and mid- back and sculpting the flanks to get rid of the muffin tops and enhance the aesthetic curves of the back as it sweeps to the buttock. If this sounds like it could apply to you and you wish to have a consult to perform body sculpting with buttock enhancement please contact my office either by thelucascenter.com , or 865-218-6210 to schedule an appointment.