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Not Enough Fat for Brazilian Butt Lift
Buttock implants have larger scars, are prone to infection like any artificial substance implanted into your body and because, unlike breast implants, they tend to be under more stress (being sat on for example) they can be more subject to wound healing problems and even extrusion and scar tissue formation which can make them hard or painful. No implant should be considered a permanent solution in comparison to your own tissue. Breast implants on average need additional operations every ten years. These types of implants in experienced hands can be great alternatives. However many times enough fat can be found for autologous fat transfer for buttock augmentation as well.
Clinical Context
Fat transfer for buttock augmentation only works if you have enough donor fat, and results depend on how much of the grafted fat survives long-term, which varies by patient. A key safety issue is injection depth: fat placed too deep can enter large gluteal veins and cause a rare but serious fat embolism, so technique matters as much as fat quantity. Implants give a predictable size regardless of body fat but carry higher infection and wound-healing risk in this area than breast implants. Neither option is a one-time, lifetime fix.
