GLUTEUS AUGMENTATION

One of the most frequently concerns in women and men are small buttocks. To correct this problem it can be performed two procedures, one involves placing the patient's fat, but this is only indicated for patients who do not need large volumes. For patients who require a good volume and a final solution it is recommended the placement of implants, patients with this surgery greatly improves their self-esteem because they can dress better without the need for padding, it is undoubtedly the patients’ favorite surgery.

It should be said that the gluteus augmentation surgery is a procedure that can be done at a clinic or at an outpatient surgery center and that its shape depends on the used surgical technique, since in many cases the implants are noticeable.  With the technique used by specialists, the form is very natural and from a profile they are rounded harmoniously from the tip to the base.

The surgery lasts for 2 to 3 hours; the post operative is slightly painful and is well controlled with analgesics. The patient after 24 hours can sit down and after 48 hours can wander freely.

This procedure is performed under general or regional anesthesia. If the procedure is planned with a prosthesis (implant placement), an incision of four to five inches is done in the fold between the two buttocks (intergluteus), resulting in a completely hidden scar. Meticulously, a pocket is made for placement of the implants.

A compression girdle is used for 3 weeks. Patients resumed their normal routine without any efforts, after a week. It must be waited longer to start sport activities.

There is the possibility of the occurrence of complications such as hematomas, seromas, infection, impaired healing, capsular contracture, and so on. Medical advice should be followed to avoid them.

If the chosen procedure is a lipoinjection, there will only be required two minor centimeter incisions to insert a thin tube through which the fat injection will be applied.

Currently, this procedure is the most common, using the fat from the same person. "When the goal is to increase the volume, fat is removed from areas such as the abdomen and thighs through liposuction and injected in the more depressed areas, which is known as gluteal lipoinjection. By this way the buttocks will get 'sculpted' until adopting a more harmonious and attractive appearance. "

This technique is recommended for those who need or want a moderately increase or a better shape in this region. Furthermore, as fat is removed from other areas such as abdomen or thighs, it ends performing lipo-sculpture in different parts of the body.

For those who seek to reduce the size of their buttocks, this technique is also quite useful, since you can remove fat from more prominent areas, giving the area a much more harmonious look with the rest of the body.

This method is carried out with general or regional anesthesia, which numbs from the waist down. Its main advantages are that it requires no more than a week of recovery and almost no markings, except the scars of the liposuction, that usually do not exceed four millimeters in diameter.

We use local or epidural anesthesia with sedation. The incisions are a few millimeters long and it is an outpatient surgery (without hospitalization).

A girdle must be used for about 3 weeks and in a few days the patient will resume activities without the usual effort. Hematomas, seromas, infection, etc. may occur.