Can I Get Buttock And Hip Implants After BBL Surgery?

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’ve had 2 bbls over the span of 4 years but don’t have enough volume in hips and butt. Looking to get hip implants and butt implants.

A:Thank you for sending all of your well illustrated body pictures. After having been through two BBL surgeries you have reached the end of what fat transfer can achieve for you. Thus your interest in implants for further buttock and hip augmentation is understandable and your only option at this point. While there is always a question of the patient’s goals any time implants are being considered, as you don’t want to go through implant surgery and be disappointed, but given that this is your last recourse for such body augmentations whatever size implants can be safely placed becomes what is achievable.

The relevant question then becomes should buttock and hip implants be done together in a single surgery. Normally I would say no if the patient has had no prior surgery as this can involve considerable recovery  and is always more then they initially think. But in the person who is had two BBL surgeries, which I consider relatively equal to such implant surgeries, this then at least becomes an option to consider. I, however, would still be cautious about combining these two body implant surgeries for a variety of reasons beyond just that of recovery.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon