For many, losing weight is a chance to put your health and well-being first. It’s a journey that involves pushing through the tough days to create a body you can feel confident in.
But for others, significant weight loss can also mean an increase in excess skin and fat, especially in the buttocks area.
If weight loss has left you unhappy with the shape of your butt, our team of experts may recommend a butt lift. Jacksonville is home to Cosmetic Surgery Affiliates, where we’ll work tirelessly to help you achieve the buttocks of your dreams.
Keep reading our blog for everything you need to know about a butt lift. Ready to kick off this final phase in your weight loss journey? Visit our website to schedule your consultation.
Enhance Your Backside With a Butt Lift
A butt lift is a cosmetic procedure that improves the appearance of the buttocks by eliminating fat and sagging skin. Also referred to as a gluteal lift, a butt lift pulls up the skin around your buttocks to create a smoother appearance.
Our experts are here to help you create a backside that matches the effort you’ve put into your weight loss journey.
Is a butt lift right for me?
The best candidates for a butt lift are those with a significant amount of excess skin and fat around their buttocks area. If you feel that your butt looks lumpy or lacks shape, this procedure could be right for you!
A butt lift can be highly beneficial for patients who have lost a significant amount of weight or have undergone weight loss surgery. This is especially true for patients who follow healthy lifestyle habits but have been unsuccessful in redefining their backside.
If you are interested in a butt lift in Jacksonville, you must have a reasonable expectation of what a butt lift can and cannot do. A butt lift is not a substitution for a healthy diet and exercise regimen. This procedure is less so a weight loss solution and more so a means of creating your dream body after losing the weight.
Overall, we recommend a butt lift for patients who are in good health, don’t smoke, and are at or near their ideal weight.
What to Expect From the Butt Lift Process
At Cosmetic Surgery Affiliates, we understand just how stressful and confusing major surgical procedures can be. We’re proud to serve as a guiding hand throughout the process, from your consultation to your recovery.
Here’s what you can expect when you choose our expert surgeons for your butt lift in Jacksonville.
Initial Consultation
Your first meeting with your Cosmetic Surgery Affiliates provider will serve as an opportunity to discuss the surgery process. Your surgeon will explain how the butt lift procedure works and be available to answer any questions you might have.
Next, your surgeon will conduct a full examination of the buttocks, thighs, and lower half of your body. This is to determine how your procedure must be customized to address your unique aesthetic needs.
Be prepared to discuss your medical history, previous procedures, and any current medications you’re taking. This is to help us anticipate and prevent any surgical complications from arising.
In order to qualify for a butt lift in Jacksonville, you must be at a stable weight for at least 6 to 12 months. For this reason, you and your surgeon may discuss your weight loss journey and any previous unsuccessful weight loss attempts. Dramatic changes to your weight can compromise your results, which is why we advise that patients only undergo this procedure when they have achieved their weight loss goals and can sustain their current weight.
Prepwork
In the weeks leading up to your procedure, your surgeon will ask that you avoid taking certain medications, including:
- Blood thinners
- Aspirin
- Anti-inflammatory drugs
- Herbal supplements
This is to reduce the risk of excessive bleeding during and after your procedure.
If you’re a smoker, you will need to quit smoking before your procedure and during recovery. Smoking decreases blood flow in the skin, slows down the healing process, and can leave you susceptible to surgical complications. Quitting smoking can also increase the longevity of your results.
Butt Lift Procedure
Before your butt lift begins, you will be placed under general anesthesia, putting you in a sleep-like state. The general anesthetic will also help minimize pain during surgery.
Your surgeon may also place your legs in sequential compression boots, which are used to prevent blood clotting.
For your procedure, your surgeon will first make incisions along your lower back from hip to hip and possibly under your butt cheeks. This will allow them to pull up the sagging skin and remove excess fat.
Once your procedure is complete, your surgeon will close the incisions with sutures and apply dressings. They may also place tubes under your skin to drain excess blood and fluid if necessary.
Your butt lift procedure can take anywhere from 60 to 90 minutes to complete.
Full Recovery
Immediately after your butt lift in Jacksonville, you will be taken to a recovery room to be monitored while your anesthetic wears off. This is also to make sure no other serious complications arise.
You will need to plan ahead and organize a ride home from the hospital after your procedure. We also recommend having someone stay with you the evening after your surgery to provide any necessary assistance while you rest.
In the days and weeks following your procedure, you may experience moderate pain, swelling, and bruising. We recommend you take pain medications to minimize your discomfort, and you should wear your compression garment as instructed to facilitate an easier recovery process. We also recommend using silicone sheeting and scar cream to take care of your incision site.
For the first month after your procedure, you will need to limit all strenuous activity. Taking it easy will help prevent your incision wound from reopening.
Overall, you can expect 2 to 4 days of downtime and 1 to 2 weeks of recovery from your butt lift procedure.
FAQs About Butt Lifts
Here are some more details to inform your decision regarding a butt lift:
Will a butt lift make my butt look bigger?
No, a butt lift will not make your butt larger. A traditional butt lift’s main purpose is to give your buttocks a smoother, lifted look, not to create volume.
If you want to increase the size of your butt, we recommend a Brazilian butt lift or a butt augmentation with implants or an auto-rotation of fat.
Brazilian Butt Lift
A Brazilian butt lift (BBL) is a cosmetic procedure that increases the size and shape of your butt by removing fat from other areas of the body. During this procedure, fat deposits in other parts of the body will be removed using liposuction and inserted into the areas around your butt.
Butt Augmentation
A butt augmentation adds volume to your backside through the use of implants. These silicone implants are placed into or below your gluteal muscle for a rounder, shapelier look.
Auto-Rotation of Fat
An Auto-rotation, rotates the fat that exists in the lower back or love handle region to the buttocks, thus increasing volume and projection.
We recommend setting up a consultation with one of our expert surgeons to determine if you are best suited for a BBL, butt implants, butt lift, or an auto-rotation of fat.
How long does a butt lift last?
A butt lift is a permanent procedure used to smooth out excess skin and fat in the buttocks area.
That being said, a butt lift cannot stop the aging process. Your skin and body will continue to change as the years pass by, thus changing the results of your butt lift.
Your butt lift results may also change if you do not maintain a stable weight.
What are the risks of butt lift surgery?
At Cosmetic Surgery Affiliates, our triple board- certified surgeons are experts in bodily cosmetic procedures. You can trust that you are in good hands throughout every step of the butt lift process.
That being said, a butt lift is still a major surgical procedure, and with all major surgical procedures comes potential risks and complications.
Please notify your surgeon immediately if the following symptoms arise after your butt lift procedure:
- Excessive bleeding
- Infection
- Fever
- Fluid buildup under your skin
- Numbness
- Swelling that won’t subside
- Chronic pain
Will I be left with visible scars?
A butt lift in Jacksonville is a surgical procedure and therefore carries the potential to cause scarring. Though scars may be noticeable immediately after your procedure, they will continue to fade in the following months and years.
To minimize scarring, we recommend wearing your compression garments and regularly applying a topical scar cream. Our surgeons will also skillfully make their incisions in discrete areas when possible, such as in the natural creases of your body. This makes those scars more difficult to see.
Book Your Consultation
With a butt lift in Jacksonville, the shape of your bum can finally match all the effort you put into your weight loss journey.
Our expert surgeons have dedicated their careers to ensure that you achieve surgical results you feel confident in. We’re proud to serve as a guiding hand throughout the surgical process and help you create the body (and bum) of your dreams.
Visit our website or give us a call to schedule your consultation and learn if a butt lift is right for you.
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