Butt Shots Beware!

By Hiba Bittar, MS, COO

Moki Media

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Butt Shots Beware!

As the popularity of attaining a voluptuous butt continues to grow, so does the demand for a quick fix with illegal injectable materials into the butt area. The abundance of phone request for “butt shots” in our practice at Luxxery Medical Boutique has prompted me to revisit this subject in hopes of alerting readers to the dangers that exist in choosing cheap, illegal injectable alternatives for a buttock augmentation.

The ingredients used in these shots are industrial liquid silicone-based and often times combine unsafe, counterfeit, illegally imported cosmetic injectables. Liquid silicone injections have a wide range of disadvantages. To start, the product is expensive, with costs ranging from $300-500 per cubic centimeter (cc).

Considering the average butt augmentation procedure requires several hundred cubic centimeters of liquid silicone, high cost has become a prohibitive factor. This opens the doors to a market for inexpensive, and potentially more dangerous, impure versions or substitutes of the liquid silicone. These materials are the cause of many failed and dangerous butt augmentation procedures. There have been many reported cases of death from these injections, which are usually performed by poorly trained physicians or even unlicensed individuals. However, the most important factor in avoiding liquid silicone is the dangers that lie in complications that come up later. Because liquid silicone is an industrial and not biological product, it may result in abscesses and hardening of the injected site that could potentially require surgical intervention. Death by pulmonary embolism can occur when the injected silicone travels through the blood stream. This was seen with the former Miss Argentina, a story that received internationally media attention.

Unfortunately, these grave consequences do not discourage prospective patients who aren't aware that the only injection suitable for the buttocks area is fat from your own body. The “Natural Buttock Augmentation” or “Brazilian Butt Lift” is a surgical procedure that involves a combination of liposuction and injecting one's own, natural fat into his or her own butt. When aggressive, regional liposuction is performed along with the fat transfer, the procedure becomes the safest and most reliable method for achieving measurable, long lasting and impressive results. The foundation of all Brazilian butt lifts is the dramatic re-establishment of central fullness. This is achieved by careful planning of areas of liposuction and areas of augmentation.

The liposuction portion of the buttock augmentation procedure is a crucial element of the cosmetic surgery. The extent of liposuction and amount of fat placement varies from surgeon to surgeon. A great result in the Brazilian butt lift is the combination of optimal, viable harvested adipose tissue placed near the upper half of the buttocks in addition to the patient's preference area. This will produce a visible ledge on the buttocks with a soft texture. A cosmetic surgeon with vast experience in fat transfer and a proven success record in harvesting and grafting techniques is the only unique professional qualified to perform such a critical procedure.

If you feel that your beauty is measured more with your booty than anything else, please don't endanger your life by seeking shots with a cheap, industrial liquid used to produce tables and plastic sheets. Instead, put the fat in your body to use, with a Brazilian butt lift with Dr. Hakki and get your booty beauty the safe way.

Call Luxxery today for your consultation with Dr. Hakki. www.luxxery.com. 301.843.9769.