Dr. Robert Whitfield (MD) discusses the trend of using fat grafting for buttock augmentation, citing celebrity influence on demand and stressing realistic expectations and safety. He warns about serious health risks from unqualified providers or postoperative infections and describes evaluating patients individually to set appropriate expectations.
There's been a big trend in using fat graft to do butt augmentation. I think the images you see, somebody like Kim Kardashian has really brought the whole scope of buttock augmentation and buttock lifting and everything to the forefront. And people have to have some kind of realistic expectation about what they're going to have, because you can get yourself in very serious health situations if you go to an unqualified provider or if you travel out and have something done and then come back and get an infection that's either not recognized or not treated properly. So, you know, we see and examine each and every patient, tailor their needs, and try to just set expectations that are realistic.
