High Demand for Brazilian Butt: What you need to know about its safety

Ever since Sir Mix-A-Lot topped the charts with “Baby Got Back,” big butts have been in style. Celebrities like Nicki Minaj and Kim Kardashian have changed the attitude toward butts to be “the bigger the better.” Most people who want a bigger derriere hit the gym to do some squats. Lately though, more people are turning to plastic surgery to fill out their jeans. From 2014 to 2015, the demand for Brazilian Butt Lifts went up 36%. But, how safe is the Brazilian Butt Lift?

What Is A Brazilian Butt Lift?

First let’s examine the procedure-just what is a Brazilian Butt Lift? It’s a cosmetic procedure designed to reshape or increase the size of someone’s butt. Brazilian Butt lifts combine liposuction and fat grafting, moving fat from one place to another.

What Does the Surgery Offer?
Butt augmentation offers a balanced figure and a better self-image. It gives women the opportunity to use unwanted fat from the back and thighs to create a solid bottom. Without slaving away at the gym, women can receive results in no time.

How Safe is the Brazilian Butt Lift? What are the Side Effects?
General anesthetic is used, so all risks associated with being put to sleep apply. The most common side effects are uneven cheeks and removal of more fat than was necessary. However, those are the easy-to-live-with side effects.

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There are many features that make the Brazilian Butt Lift different, and that’s where the real risks come in. As opposed to just having fat removed, fat is reinjected into the body. This causes a risk of fat embolism, a situation where fat is improperly placed and ends up in a blood vessel. Through the blood vessel, fat can travel to the lungs and cause death.

Septic shock and infection are concerns. In the case of model Andressa Urach, complications from thigh injections caused her legs to start rotting. A septic shock infection almost took her life. The experience was so scary that she has vowed to stop having plastic surgery altogether.

You may have heard some Brazilian Butt Lift horror stories like this one from Gossip Magazine. Cases like this are extremely rare, but are a potential risk of the procedure.

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