Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) is a cosmetic surgery procedure that involves taking fat from other areas of the body and transplanting it to the buttocks to enhance their shape and size. Ultrasound-Guided BBL is a variation of this procedure, where the surgeon uses ultrasound imaging to guide the liposuction and fat transfer process.
Benefits of BBL Surgery
Some of the benefits of a BBL include the following:
- Enhanced buttocks shape and size: A BBL can help to create a more rounded and lifted appearance to the buttocks, giving the patient a more attractive and feminine figure.
- Improved body proportion: A BBL can help to balance out the proportions of the body by redistributing fat from areas that are disproportionately larger to the buttocks.
- Natural-looking results: A BBL uses the patient’s own fat, rather than artificial gluteal implants, which can help to create more natural-looking and feeling results.
- Minimal scarring: The incisions used during a BBL are typically very small and well-hidden, which can help to minimise scarring.
- Long-lasting results: As long as the patient maintains a stable weight, the results of a BBL can be long-lasting.
- Using liposuction to remove the fat from the donor sites can also improve the overall body contour.
Centre for Surgery has been the home of advanced BBL surgery for the last four years, and our surgeons have refined their techniques to ensure the procedure is as safe as possible. As the popularity of people in the UK has increased, doctors have strived to find newer and safer ways of performing the procedure with better results.Ā We have taken safety precautions a step further by introducing the ultrasound-guided BBL procedure, where the surgeon only injects the fat into the buttocks under the direct vision of the ultrasound probe.
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Brazilian Butt Lift Safety
The previous concerns about the BBL procedure centred on the technique involved with injecting fat into the buttocks. Older methods involved injecting the fat using fine cannulas under pressure directly into the gluteus muscle. There are significant risks of injecting fat directly into the muscle, including the risk of fat embolism. Fat embolism is the condition where globules of fat have entered the bloodstream from large veins located within the gluteus muscle of the buttock. This fat is then able to travel to the heart or lungs and can lead to serious complications, including death. When this technique has been used, there have been reports of serious complications, particularly when people have travelled abroad, including to Turkey, for BBL surgery due to the very low prices offered. The risks of undergoing a cut-price surgical procedure carried out by an inexperienced surgeon are so significant that many women have been left with permanent life-changing injuries.
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What does an ultrasound-guided BBL involve?
The first step of a BBL procedure always involves liposuction to extract fat from targeted areas of the body, such as the abdomen and waist. Once the fat has been properly prepared, it is then re-injected into the body with specially designed cannulas as part of the fat transfer. The surgeon will aim to inject the fat above the gluteus muscle, followed by the sculpting of the area with a technique known as expansion vibration lipofilling. To accurately visualise exactly where the fat is injected requires the use of real-time ultrasound scanning.
Centre for Surgery is the first clinic in the UK to utilise the ultrasound-guided Brazilian butt lift technique. The technique is so effective that all our surgeons now use ultrasound-guided fat injection as standard during all Brazilian butt lift procedures.
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Once the surgeon is ready to inject fat into the buttocks, an ultrasound probe covered in a sterile sleeve is applied to the buttock to visualise the different internal layers of the buttocks, including the gluteus muscle layer and subcutaneous fat and skin. Once the surgeon has visualised the correct layer for the cannula position, the fat is slowly reinjected using a peristaltic pump and a vibrating cannula, which helps to expand the space as the fat is injected. This tissue expansion principle not only optimises the safety of the procedure but is also able to increase the amount of fat that can be injected. The surgeon can see on a screen exactly where the fat is being injected, and this helps to significantly minimise the risk of any fat migrating into the muscle layer. It is always important to remember that any fat injected into the gluteal muscle can cause disruption of large vessels and potentially lead to a fat embolism.
Using ultrasound guidance makes the BBL much safer than previously. Centre for Surgery is renowned for using only the most advanced techniques and methods and remains the leading clinic for BBL surgery in London. The ultrasound-guided BBL procedure takes approximately 3 to 4 hours to complete depending on the number of areas where Liposuction was carried out.
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Benefits of Ultrasound-guided BBL
Ultrasound-guided Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) has several benefits over traditional techniques. These include:
- Increased precision: Ultrasound guidance allows the surgeon to better visualise the location and size of the fat deposits being transferred, leading to more precise and accurate results.
- Reduced risk of complications: By using ultrasound guidance, the surgeon can avoid major blood vessels and nerves in the area, reducing the risk of complications such as bleeding and nerve damage.
- Faster recovery time: Because the procedure is less invasive, patients typically experience less pain and swelling, leading to a faster recovery time.
- Improved fat survival rate: Ultrasound guidance can also help to improve the survival rate of the fat being transferred, leading to better and longer-lasting results.
- Reduced trauma to the surrounding tissue: Ultrasound-guided liposuction causes less trauma to the surrounding tissue, which leads to less pain, less bruising and faster recovery.
It is important to note that the results may vary depending on the surgeon’s experience and the patient’s individual characteristics.
Ultrasound Guided BBL at Centre for Surgery
Centre for Surgery is a specialist plastic surgery clinic in London and is home to some of the best BBL surgeons in the UK. We carry out more BBL procedures than elsewhere in the UK and have significant expertise in ultrasound-guided BBL techniques to optimise patient safety. If you’d like to learn more about the ultrasound-guided BBL technique, book a consultation with one of our expert plastic surgeons today.
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