The Buttock Implant, gluteoplasty or buttock augmentation is the procedure to achieve a desired volume or shape of the buttocks, it can be through the infiltration of fat from the same patient or with the use of implants.

To have more firmness, volume and better shape in the gluteal region.

There are three types of techniques that can be used depending on each case: lipoinjection, placement of implants and placement of threads. Lipoinjection is using the patient’s own fat extracted by a conventional liposuction procedure from other areas of the body that are programed to be reshaped, after a process of preparation of the extracted fat, it is injected into the intramuscular and subcutaneous gluteus.

In the case of implants, two incisions are made in the intergluteal groove and placed below the gluteus maximus muscle or below the gluteal fascia.

The threads are placed through a small intergluteal incision and are usually combined with fat injection.

The stay in the hospital is usually one night.

Recovery is different for each type of surgery, but in all of them, the recovery time it is two weeks to one month with a gradual increase in activities. Avoid physical exercise for 6 weeks.