RESUMO
The most distinguished feature of the female silhouette is the buttock. As such, the Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) has become the most popular plastic surgery procedures in recent years. Despite the popularity of this buttock reshaping and augmentation procedure, there remains no prevailing standard for evaluating, planning surgical design, and objectifying buttock size and shape outcomes. In fact, we have observed a wide range of preferred buttock size and shapes among our patients. We have previously published the BBL assessment tool that serves to guide patient communication of their preferred buttock size and shape. In this study, we demonstrate how the BBL assessment tool can serve to optimize Brazilian Buttock Lift results. We present 25 case studies of how the BBL assessment tool can serve to optimize BBL results by providing a guide for evaluation, surgical design, and objectification of outcomes.Level of Evidence IV Therapeutic study. This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .
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Procedimentos de Cirurgia Plástica , Humanos , Feminino , Nádegas/cirurgia , Brasil , EstéticaRESUMO
BACKGROUND: The buttock is an essential feature of the female silhouette. This has led to the rise of the Brazilian butt lift as one of the most popular plastic surgery procedures in recent years. Despite this popularity, there remains no prevailing standard for the ideal buttock size and shape. In fact, a wide range of preferred sizes and shapes among the authors' patients has been observed. The authors hypothesized that age, religious affinity, and ethnic differences may demonstrate different buttock size and shape preferences. METHODS: The authors designed the buttock assessment tool, which utilizes digitally altered buttock sizes and shapes to determine desired buttock shape (upper, middle, and lower pole maximum fullness) and buttock size (waist-to-hip width ratio) for both the posteroanterior and lateral views. A survey of 422 patients was completed, evaluating variation of desired buttock size and shape based on patient age, cultural, and ethnic differences. RESULTS: There were significant differences in buttock size and buttock shape based on age, ethnicity, and religion. Hispanics and African Americans were twice as likely as Caucasians to request lower pole fullness in the posteroanterior view. Older respondents preferred a smaller buttock in both views. African Americans preferred a larger buttock compared to Caucasians in both views. Hispanics preferred a larger buttock in only the lateral view. Muslim respondents preferred a smaller buttock in the posteroanterior view. CONCLUSION: The Brazilian buttock assessment tool has become critical to understanding and delivering prospective Brazilian butt lift patients' goals by objectifying buttock size and shapes.