There are 2 different techniques to achieve this goal: Buttock implants placement and Lipoinjection,

1) Augmentation with Implants

It is a surgical procedure that aims to increase the volume and projection of the gluteal region.

Buttock implants placement:

There are different types, which can be placed subfaciales or intramuscular.

Submuscular: If you need to enhance the upper part of the buttocks and the lower part has a good volume (this is what most frequently happens), the implants will be located beneath the buttock muscle (gluteus maximus), approximately where jeans pockets would be.

Subfascial: If you need to enhance the lower part of the buttocks and the upper part has a good volume, the implants will be located between the buttock muscle and its fascia (fascia or aponeurosis is the tissue that covers the muscle).

Anesthesia may be local, epidural, or general, it will depend on what you and your surgeon decides is best for you. It is not painful in the postoperative administration of analgesics.

Needed in the postoperative use a compression garment. Indicated to avoid physical exercise for about 1 month.

This surgery is required both women and men.

Lipoinyección:

Patients own fat (removed from another sector body) is inserted between the muscle fibers of the gluteal muscle.

Is a liposuction to remove fat cells from a donor site (often the thighs, abdomen, back, or hips) and injects those cells into the buttocks.  Because the procedure involves simply moving fat from another area of the patient's body, it provides the additional body sculpting effect of reducing the fat in areas where it's unwanted.

The procedure usually takes about one and a half to two hours, and is performed under general anesthesia. Because the donor cells come from the patient's own body, buttock injection carries no risk of the body rejecting the implanted cells.

The healing process for buttock injection is less severe than with implants, with the patient being able to return to work within a couple of days and begin resuming full activity within two weeks.  Buttock injection is a less invasive procedure, preferred by most patients who wish to resculpt their physique to enhanced but still natural-looking proportions.

The buttocks injections have more durability than in other areas of the body.

Some patients prefer injections because a more natural appearance, as the newly sculpted buttocks use fat from the patient's own body, as well incision area is smaller, resulting in less scarring. - Shorter healing time. - No chance of rejection.  Procedure includes additional body sculpting due to liposuction from areas with excessive fat stores.

While buttock injection is generally lower risk and results in more consistently natural looking results, it is not an option in patients who do not have sufficient fat deposits elsewhere on their bodies to be injected into the buttocks.

The type of procedure you choose for buttock augmentation will depend on your individual needs and each procedure's limitations.

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