Liposuction - Learn About Each Area - Buttocks

In general the buttocks themselves are rarely, if ever, liposuctioned. To get a better butt shape, I liposuction around the buttock -- outer thighs, hips, posterior, upper thigh also known as the banana roll. This, along with building good muscle tone (which is important almost everywhere) gives a smaller, rounder, tighter buttock. I will liposuction the buttock when the area is very protuberant and fat. Liposuction to the buttocks that are just flabby will tend to flatten and drop them. It is especially important to remember not to confuse fat with just flab, which is usually from poor muscle tone. In those rare individuals where I feel they are a good candidate for buttock liposuction, I stay deep (as this is an area prone to dimpling) and define the buttock being careful not to flatten it. When it is done properly on the right candidate, the buttocks will simply look smaller and slightly lifted due to decreased weight.

Liposuction - Learn About Each Area - Hips

This area lies just below the flanks toward the upper, outer area of the buttock. In most women, it transitions into the flank area. I usually do the hip-flank as one unit in patients with disproportionate fullness. The hip-flank mound makes the buttock look square or boxy and takes away from the nice feminine contour between the waist and the buttocks. This area, as well as the outer thighs and saddlebags regions; are the most important areas to shape properly and result in a rounder, more well-defined buttock.