Brazilian Butt Lift
A BBL transfers purified fat from other areas to the buttocks for added volume and improved proportions.
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Charles
Lee, MD
David
Kahng
Peter
Ashjian, MD
Debra
Stafford, MD
David
Rosenberg, MD
Samuel
Golpanian
Gordon
Sasaki, MD
Jaime
Schwartz, MD
Mohammad
Khosravi, MD
Robert
Schlenker, MD
Anthony
Griffin, MD
William
Rahal, MD
John
Diaz, MD
Gary
Motykie, MD
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Mossi Salibian, MD
Michael
Hakimi, MD
Anita
Patel, MD
Nathaniel
Villanueva, MD
Joel
Aronowitz, MD
Saul
Berger, MD
Faryan
Jalalabadi
Navanjun
Grewal, MD
Victor
Zhu, MD
Andre
Marshall, MD
Joshua
Jacobson, MD
Michael
Zarrabi, MD
Elise
Min, MD
Kelly
Killeen, MD
Walter
Joseph, MD
Bruce
Kadz, MD
Obaid
Chaudhry, MD
Daniel
Barrett, MD
Roberto
Rey, MD
Emil
Kohan, MD
David
Mok
Johnson
Lee, MD
Timothy
Neavin, MD
Abdullah
Khalil, MD
Kenneth
Hughes, MD
Herbert
Goldberg, MD
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Brazilian Butt Lift: making the decision
What the price actually covers
Honest risks
- Some transferred fat is reabsorbed (expect 60–80% to stay)
- No sitting directly on it for ~2 weeks
- Choose a surgeon who follows current safety guidelines — this one matters more than anywhere else
Are you a good candidate?
- Enough donor fat to transfer
- Ability to follow strict post-op positioning
- Realistic expectations on size
Six questions for every consult
- Are you board-certified, and in what specialty? (Verify it — don't just ask.)
- How many of this exact procedure did you do in the last 12 months?
- Can I see before/afters of patients with my anatomy or skin type?
- Who handles complications, and what's your revision policy and fee?
- Where is the procedure done, and is the facility accredited?
- What results would you consider realistic for me — and what won't this fix?
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Brazilian Butt Lift: common questions
How much does a BBL cost?
ASPS reports an average surgeon's fee of $7,264 for buttock augmentation with fat grafting. Add anesthesia and facility and all-in costs typically run $8,000–$14,000. A BBL is really two operations in one — liposuction to harvest the fat, then grafting it — so the price partly tracks how many areas are being liposuctioned to get enough fat. Be cautious about quotes markedly below the range: this is the procedure where price shopping has the worst safety record in cosmetic surgery.
Is a BBL safe now?
Safer than it was, and the reason is specific. Fat injected into or beneath the gluteal muscle can enter a large vein and cause a fatal fat embolism, which gave the BBL the highest mortality rate of any cosmetic procedure. The response from the professional societies was to recommend injecting only into the subcutaneous layer above the muscle, and increasingly to use ultrasound guidance so the surgeon can see the plane they're in. Those are the two questions worth asking directly: whether they inject subcutaneously only, and whether they use ultrasound. A surgeon who welcomes those questions is the one you want.