Brazilian Butt Lift in Des Moines

Enhance Your Curves With Confidence

At Des Moines Plastic Surgery™, we specialize in Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) procedures that enhance your natural curves using advanced fat transfer techniques. Board-certified surgeons Dr. David Robbins customize each treatment to create a fuller, rounder, more lifted look—balanced with your body’s proportions. The BBL not only enhances the buttocks but also slims donor areas like the abdomen or thighs for an overall sculpted silhouette. With a focus on safety, precision, and artistry, our team guides you through every step—from consultation to recovery—to ensure natural-looking, long-lasting results that boost your confidence from every angle.

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Brazilian Butt Lift Overview

A Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) is a surgical procedure that enhances the size and shape of your buttocks using your body’s own fat. The procedure involves removing unwanted fat from areas like the abdomen, flanks, thighs, or back through liposuction, purifying it, and then strategically injecting it into the buttocks to create a fuller, more lifted appearance.

This dual benefit procedure not only improves the contour of your buttocks but also sculpts the areas where the fat is removed, giving you a more balanced and proportionate figure.

A Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) is also referred to as a Buttock Augmentation with fat grafting or simply Fat Transfer to the Buttocks.

By utilizing your own fat, the procedure avoids implants and provides a more natural look and feel. It’s an excellent option for patients who want to sculpt their waist and thighs while enhancing their curves, giving the entire lower body a more proportionate and contoured silhouette.

How Brazilian Butt Lift Works

During a Brazilian Butt Lift, unwanted fat is removed from donor areas through gentle liposuction, then purified to isolate the healthiest fat cells. These cells are precisely injected into the buttocks to add volume and shape. This three-step process includes harvesting, processing, and strategic placement to ensure smooth, natural-looking curves. The result is a lifted, contoured look with minimal scarring and no implants, offering long-lasting enhancement with your own natural tissue.

The entire process is designed to optimize fat retention and deliver symmetrical results. At Des Moines Plastic Surgery, we use ultrasound-guided injections to enhance precision and reduce risks during the fat transfer phase.

Benefits of a Brazilian Butt Lift Treatment

Key benefits of a Brazilian Butt Lift include:

  • Improved body symmetry
  • Fuller, lifted buttocks using natural fat
  • Slimmer waist, flanks, and thighs
  • Enhanced overall body proportions
  • Natural look and feel compared to implants
  • Minimally invasive with small, discreet incisions
  • No risk of implant rupture or rejection
  • Quick recovery and long-lasting results
  • Boost in self-confidence and a better fit in clothing

Brazilian Butt Lift vs. Other Treatments

Unlike buttock implants, the Brazilian Butt Lift uses your own fat for a more natural feel and look. While implants may involve longer recovery times and higher complication risks, BBLs offer body contouring plus enhancement in one procedure. Compared to non-surgical options like Sculptra, BBL provides more immediate, dramatic, and long-lasting results. It’s ideal for patients seeking both volume and a shapely contour without foreign materials.

BBLs also carry fewer risks associated with rejection or infection since no foreign objects are used. The added bonus of slimming problem areas through liposuction makes it a holistic body transformation.

Before, During, and After a Brazilian Butt Lift

What To Expect Before a Brazilian Butt Lift

Your Brazilian Butt Lift journey at Des Moines Plastic Surgery™ begins with a personalized consultation, where we evaluate your body type, discuss your goals, and create a custom surgical plan highlighting ideal fat removal and injection areas. Before surgery, you’ll receive detailed pre-operative instructions—such as avoiding smoking and adjusting medications—to support healing. The BBL is performed under general anesthesia in our fully accredited in-office surgical suite, ensuring safety and comfort. We’ll also help you prepare your home recovery space with recommended garments, pillows, and activity guidelines to support a smooth, stress-free healing experience.

What To Expect During a Brazilian Butt Lift

The Brazilian Butt Lift begins with liposuction, where fat is gently harvested from areas like the abdomen, flanks, or thighs through small incisions. This technique preserves fat cell viability for optimal results. Next, the fat undergoes purification, removing impurities and isolating the healthiest cells for transfer. Finally, the purified fat is strategically injected into the buttocks using fine cannulas to create a fuller, lifted, and natural-looking contour. Throughout the procedure, our expert team ensures your safety, comfort, and optimal fat retention. Most patients experience minimal discomfort and are closely monitored for a smooth surgical experience and enhanced outcomes.

What To Expect After a Brazilian Butt Lift  

After your Brazilian Butt Lift, you’ll need to avoid sitting or lying directly on your buttocks for about two weeks to protect the newly transferred fat. Special pillows help redistribute pressure safely. Mild to moderate pain, swelling, and bruising are normal and subside over a few weeks. A compression garment is worn to reduce swelling and support healing. Most patients return to light activity in 1–2 weeks, with full recovery in 6–8 weeks. During follow-up visits, we’ll monitor your progress and guide you on maintaining your results. With proper care and a stable weight, your enhanced curves can last for years.

Frequently Asked Questions About a Brazilian Butt Lift

While you’ll notice immediate changes in the shape of your body after surgery, the full results of your Brazilian Butt Lift will become visible once the swelling subsides and the fat cells have settled, which usually takes about 3-6 months. The final outcome will leave you with a naturally fuller, more lifted, and contoured buttock area.

Ideal candidates for a BBL are individuals who have enough excess fat in other areas of their body for transfer and are looking to enhance the shape and size of their buttocks without implants. You should also be in good overall health and have realistic expectations about the results.

When performed by a board-certified and experienced surgeon, the BBL is a safe procedure. At Des Moines Plastic Surgery, we take every precaution to ensure your safety, using advanced techniques to minimize risks and promote successful fat grafting. Dr. Robbins only injects fat into the superficial layers of the buttocks and not deep in the muscle, which has a higher complication rate. He also uses an ultrasound device to precisely and safely inject the fat into the proper level within the buttocks. This also decreases complications substantially.

Most patients can resume light activities within 1-2 weeks. You will need to avoid sitting or lying directly on your buttocks for about 2 weeks to protect the fat grafts. Full recovery takes around 6-8 weeks.

The fat transferred during a BBL is permanent; however, not all the fat cells will survive the transfer. Typically, about 60-80% of the fat remains after the healing process. Therefore, more fat is typically transferred than is needed to anticipate this. Maintaining a stable weight can help ensure long-lasting results.

The incisions made for liposuction are very small, and any resulting scars are typically minimal and fade over time. We take great care to place incisions in discreet areas to make scarring as inconspicuous as possible.

The price of a Brazilian butt lift (buttock augmentation) at Des Moines Plastic Surgery, as with all cosmetic surgery procedures. Varies from patient to patient and is based on factors including complexity, number of procedures done in surgery, and total operating time of the procedure. During a consultation, you will be accurately quoted for all procedures you are interested in discussing and that Dr. Robbins and the team determine you’re a candidate for. We offer financing options through CareCredit & PatientFi, and many patients utilize these programs to pay for part or all of their procedures. You can learn more about these options during your consultation.

To protect the fat grafts, you should sleep on your stomach or sides for at least two weeks. Avoid direct pressure on the buttocks to support proper healing and fat retention.

Yes, significant weight loss can affect your BBL results. Because the procedure uses your own fat, losing weight may reduce volume in the transferred fat cells.

Absolutely. Many patients opt to combine their BBL with procedures like a tummy tuck, liposuction, or breast augmentation for a more complete body transformation.

A Brazilian Butt Lift is performed under general anesthesia administered by a certified provider in our accredited surgical suite, ensuring a safe and comfortable experience.

Yes, options like Sculptra injections or Emsculpt may provide modest enhancement. However, they don’t deliver the dramatic or lasting results of a surgical Brazilian Butt Lift.

Ready to Take the Next Step?

Ready to take the next step toward achieving the body shape you’ve always wanted? Schedule your BBL consultation with Des Moines Plastic Surgery to determine if you’re a good candidate for this procedure let us help you discover your best self!

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