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Maintaining the Results of Your Brazilian Butt Lift

Posted October 03, 2024 in Brazilian Butt Lift

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A Brazilian Butt Lift is a fantastic way to create and enhance your curves. And while the results are considered permanent, your commitment to following your surgeon’s post-procedure instructions and making lifestyle choices that help you maintain your rounder behind is crucial. In this blog, we’ll discuss ways to ensure that your Brazilian Butt Lift results look gorgeous for years to come. 

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Tips For Starting Out Strong After Your Brazilian Butt Lift

One of the best ways to ensure that your Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) results look amazing for as long as possible is to get off to a good start during your recovery period. Your surgeon will give you detailed recovery instructions, and it is essential that you follow them to the letter to help ensure the best possible results, including:

Avoid Putting Pressure on Your Behind

Arguably, the most critical thing to remember as you recover from your BBL is to avoid sitting or lying on your back for extended periods of time. The newly transferred fat cells are working to attach themselves to a viable blood supply, which will allow them to thrive in their new environment. Sitting can prevent this from happening, resulting in the fat cells dying and affecting your results. 

For the first few weeks (up to about a month) after your procedure, if you must sit, use a BBL pillow or donut cushion to redistribute your weight from your buttocks. You will also need to sleep on your stomach or side for six to eight weeks to minimize pressure on your newly shaped buttocks. 

Wear Your Compression Garment as Instructed

Liposuction is an integral part of your Brazilian Butt Lift, so while you need to be mindful of your behind, don’t forget about caring for the areas where you received liposuction. After your surgery, you will wear a compression garment on the areas where liposuction was performed. The compression garment provides support, minimizes swelling, and helps your skin conform to your new, slimmer contours. You will need to wear your compression garment for several weeks until your surgeon clears you to go without it. 

Stay Hydrated and Eat a Healthy Diet

The healing process requires a lot of work from your body, so it needs to be fueled properly to do the best possible job. Drink lots of water to flush out toxins and reduce swelling. Eat a healthy, varied diet focused on providing the necessary vitamins, minerals, and proteins (including fats) to support your body as it recovers. Hydration and nourishment are key components to not only speeding up the recovery process, but reducing your chance of complications. 

Tips For Keeping Your Brazilian Butt Lift Results Looking Gorgeous

Once you’ve made it through recovery, your focus is now on ensuring that your shapely behind stays sculpted and voluptuous for as long as possible. While BBL results are considered lasting, age and weight fluctuations can change the distribution of muscle and fat in your body, thereby changing how your buttocks look over time. Ways to keep your booty shapely include:

Maintaining a Stable Weight

The best way to keep your Brazilian Butt Lift results looking beautiful is to maintain a stable weight. While weight fluctuations of a few pounds won’t likely have a noticeable effect on your results, significant weight gain or loss can completely change the appearance of your behind. There’s no way to know where on your body fat will diminish or increase, so the best way to lessen impacts to your BBL results is to maintain a stable, healthy weight. 

Exercising and Eating Right

Eating a healthy diet with a balance of good fats and proteins combined with necessary vitamins and minerals will benefit your BBL in several ways. By keeping your weight in check, giving you glowing skin, and supporting your overall health, a well-balanced diet (and adequate hydration) will help you enjoy optimal results longer. But it’s not only about what you eat. Exercise is also a vital component of a BBL, as you want to maintain the shape and size of your new booty. Low-impact cardio is excellent for your health and also prevents you from burning too much fat. Strength training is also essential, as keeping your glutes strong will keep your buns from sagging with time. 

Learn More About Brazilian Butt Lifts in Coral Gables

A Brazilian Butt Lift is the perfect way to add curves to your body, combining the benefits of liposuction and buttock augmentation in one procedure. To schedule a consultation to discover if a Brazilian Butt Lift is right for you, call Careaga Plastic Surgery today at (305) 929-0445 or complete the online contact form.

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