Brazilian Butt Lift (aka BBL)
Greenwald Plastic Surgery
Brazilian Butt Lift in Westchester County & NYC
Serving Patients in Putnam County, White Plains, Yonkers, New Rochelle, & Mount Vernon
BBL combines liposuction and fat grafting to create more shapely buttocks while slimming nearby areas like the abdomen, hips, and outer thighs.
Having performed thousands of body contouring procedures, including many customized BBLs, Dr. Joshua Greenwald is the go-to surgeon for butt enhancement in Westchester County and NYC.
What Is a Brazilian Butt Lift?
A Brazilian butt lift (BBL) is a body contouring surgery that enhances the shape and size of the buttocks using your own body fat. Instead of implants, the procedure takes fat from other areas like your stomach, flanks, or thighs and transfers it to your backside. This helps create fuller, rounder buttocks and a more sculpted figure overall.
How the BBL Procedure Works
BBL surgery with Dr. Joshua Greenwald starts with a personalized surgical plan. On the day of your procedure at The Surgical Specialty Center of Westchester, a trusted board-certified anesthesiologist from the White Plains Hospital Center administers your anesthesia and monitors you throughout your BBL.
First, Dr. Greenwald performs liposuction, removing fat from your chosen donor area. Most patients choose the abdomen, love handles, or saddlebags (outer thighs.)
Dr. Greenwald uses a specialized treatment process to purify the extracted fat cells and ready them for injection. He discards the extra blood and fluid that come out during liposuction and injects only “true fat,” which has strong, viable fat cells that will likely thrive after transfer.
Next, he injects the fat into specific areas of your buttocks, creating the more rounded, firm, and shapely butt contour you desire.
Once complete, our team will monitor you in the recovery area. Generally, Dr. Greenwald discharges patients that same day with detailed post-op instructions.
Who Is a Good Candidate for a BBL?
Some of the factors that can make you a great candidate for a BBL are:
- Having good overall health: Dr. Greenwald also asks that patients stop smoking to promote optimal healing.
- Having some fat to spare: Ideal candidates for a BBL have some pockets of fat (usually in the lower abdomen, outer thighs, hips, or other areas) that don’t respond to exercise or diet. These are the perfect areas to get the fat to transfer to your butt.
- Being close to your ideal weight: A body mass index (BMI) under 30 is typically preferred, though this can vary. If you plan any major weight changes, for example, if you’re on a weight loss journey right now, it’s ideal to wait until reaching your goal. This helps ensure your results continue looking great for the long term.
- Having healthy skin: A BBL doesn’t involve skin removal but does include fat reduction. The donor area must have firm, elastic skin to adapt to this fat loss without sagging.
Dr. Greenwald also discusses your expectations for the surgery, ensuring you have a realistic idea of how your body will change after surgery.
What to Expect During Recovery
After surgery, you’ll wear a compression garment to reduce swelling and support healing. Typical garments encompass the buttocks, abdomen, and thighs and connect to straps on your shoulders. This provides the steady, gentle support you need to maintain the new shape.
You must avoid sitting or lying flat on your butt for at least two weeks, possibly up to a month. Stomach sleeping is ideal, and you can use a special BBL pillow for sitting without hurting your results.
Swelling and bruising are normal and typically improve within a few weeks. Most people return to light activity after 10-14 days and full activity after six weeks. Final results can take several months as the swelling decreases and the fat settles.
How Long Do BBL Results Last?
Some fat doesn’t survive the transfer. This is normal, but the fat that survives the transfer is permanent and behaves like fat anywhere else in your body.
Weight gain or loss can affect your results. Eating a healthy diet, staying active, and avoiding weight fluctuations will help maintain your BBL long-term.
Cost of a Brazilian Butt Lift
BBL costs include liposuction, fat transfer, anesthesia, facility fees, and post-op garments. Dr. Greenwald performs all BBL procedures at his state-of-the-art ambulatory center, The Surgical Specialty Center of Westchester.
Costs vary depending on the complexity of your surgery and how many areas of fat are treated.
Why Choose Dr. Greenwald for Your BBL?
Dr. Joshua Greenwald is a board-certified, fellowship-trained plastic surgeon and one of the top BBL providers in NYC and Westchester County. He has earned recognition as a “Top Doc” and “Best of Westchester Doctor” every year for over a decade.
Patients trust his artistic eye and skill, and many share how the results of their BBL gave them renewed confidence and joy in their appearance.
BBL Consultations in Westchester County and NYC
Dr. Greenwald is the trusted plastic surgeon for patients seeking Brazilian butt lift in NYC, Westchester County, and Fairfield County, including Greenwich and Stamford, CT. If you’re ready to learn more about BBL or the other body procedures Dr. Greenwald offers, call us at 914-421-0113 today to book your consultation.
