Brazilian Butt Lift Surgery in Utah is a high demand cosmetic procedure. It is a method of taking adipose tissue (fat) from another part of the body and injecting it into the gluteal area for desired rounding and symmetry. But it also comes with all the risks, complications and down time that surgery carries.
Imago Medical is proud to announce a superior option of a non-surgical Brazilian Butt Lift procedure and “hip dip” resolution that delivers natural collagen results with no painful down time.
All parts of the body change over time, and some of these changes can greatly affect appearance and self esteem. The gluteal region can be affected by age and weight changes, leading to uneven appearance.
Our new non-surgical procedure will grow new collagen in the desired areas to give a natural outcome that you can be confident in.
This procedure uses a permanent filler called Poly(methyl methacrylate) or PMMA. It has been an FDA approved facial filler for 20 years now, and has an excellent safety profile. When PMMA filler is injected, it distributes microscopic particles of the PMMA throughout the skin. The body’s natural response is to wall these droplets off with connective tissue called collagen. Thus, the filler stimulates natural collagen increase and thickening of that skin layer. Since the PMMA is microscopic, your skin feels like normal tissue, you do not feel the filler when it is properly distributed.
Using a cannula technique, we place the filler just underneath the dermis skin layer, in a safe, very superficial area away from blood vessels and nerves. This makes the procedure far safer than surgical options that go deeper and risk complications to vessels and nerve tissue. We place the filler in the needed areas to grow collagen that smooths out and restores a rounded curvature to the upper half of the buttock area. This new growth also causes a contracture of the gluteal skin, lifting the lower half for an overall improved look. Our before and after pictures (below) are treatments to the upper half buttock only, and the results are impressive.
The procedure is s simple filler placement using a cannula technique similar to getting facial filler. The product contains lidocaine which numbs the areas as the procedure progresses. The entire procedure takes about 30 minutes to perform.
Afterwards, you can go home and resume most normal activity. We have you sit on a rolled towel for a couple days to take stress off the area. Discomfort after procedure is mild the next day, often described as sore from an intense workout.
We have you avoid working out and sleeping on your back for a week, but otherwise there are no limitations. The change is usually instantly noticeable, with full results of collagen growth seen at 8 weeks after procedure.
How long does this treatment last?
PMMA is a permanent filler. However, no part of the body stays the same 10 years later, and it is possible for decrease of collagen after 10 years. Generally, when doing a cosmetic procedure, one should expect to need a touch up 10 to 15 years later. Otherwise, it is very possible this lasts 15 years or more. Similar to the duration of surgical BBL.
I’ve heard BBL surgery is among the highest risk ones. Does this carry similar risks?
No, this is very safe. This filler has been used for decades, and is well known. We use a cannula to prevent entering blood vessels, and we go to a superficial layer just below the dermis layer of skin, where there are no arteries or large blood vessels. Since it is just a skin filler, there is very little severe risks. We perform this in sterile fashion, making infection less than 1%. In contrast, BBL surgery carries risks of infection, fatal fat embolism, infection, deformity and other surgical dangers.
What are the possible complications of this procedure?
When utilizing filler, the main risk is asymmetry. It is possible to get a few bumps of heavier collagen build up. This procedure has very low rates of this, so far none. This is likely because the area is constantly being moved and pressure placed on it, thereby keeping the filler evenly spread. But, should a bump occur, generally a focused tip massage gun over a couple weeks can redistribute the filler and decrease the collagen. Also, we can do a steroid injection to the area to decrease the collagen and smooth the area out. Should there be not enough collagen growth that causes asymmetry, a simple touch up of filler would easily resolve this.
Are there any other factors that can affect the outcome?
Weight gain or loss could impact this procedure. It is recommended to be at a BMI less than 30 for this procedure. The new collagen will grow in the areas treated. Substantial weight loss or weight gain can alter the tissues around the treated areas, leading to asymmetry that would resolve once the previous weight was acheived. So being at a stable weight is optimal. We also have a medical weight loss menu that can aid in getting ready for this procedure.
What is the cost of Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) Surgery compared to this process?
This procedure is usually half the price of a surgical BBL.
