Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) is a surgery that adds volume to the buttock through a fat transfer procedure. To perform the surgery, surgeons extract extra fat cells from another area of the patient’s body using liposuction, process and purify the fat, and inject it into the patient’s bottom.
Following the surgery, patients experience what is known as the fluffing stage, a 6-8 week period in which the skin expands to accommodate the increased volume in the buttock. Once you have passed the fluffing period, you will be able to enjoy the results of your surgery, as your buttocks will look fuller and feel softer.
In this article, we’ll give you an insight into what you can expect during the fluffing stage that accompanies a Brazilian Butt Lift surgery and answer the question, “when does fluffing happen after BBL?”
The recovery process for a Brazilian Butt Lift varies from patient to patient, depending on the number of areas treated with liposuction, among a range of other factors. However, all patients can expect to experience some discomfort and swelling in the affected areas. Also outlined below is a typical recovery timeline for the surgery.
For around the first three months after your surgery, you may experience swelling and inflammation on your buttock and areas where you had liposuction. Your surgeon will prescribe pain medication to help make your recovery as comfortable as possible. The swelling and inflammation also cause your buttocks to appear significantly large. However, as outlined in the timeline below, the swelling gradually recedes, and you will enter the fluffing stage of your recovery, in which your results settle and feel natural.
Before your Brazilian Butt Lift surgery, you will receive detailed aftercare instructions from your surgeon to help you manage your recovery. Outlined below is a general timeline for a BBL recovery:
You may still notice residual inflammation and swelling in your buttock up to six months after the surgery, which causes your skin to feel slightly firm. However, for most patients, the fluffing stage usually begins three months after the surgery. As you enter this stage of your recovery, you will notice your skin relaxing as the swelling and inflammation dissipates. The fluffing stage for a Brazilian Butt Lift usually lasts between 6-8 weeks, and once your buttock has fluffed, it will look and feel natural.
The most important signs that the fluffing stage has begun can be observed in the skin and the shape of your buttocks. The skin of your buttocks will start to become softer, more elastic, and generally less tense. The shape of the buttocks becomes rounder and should start to feel and look more natural as the skin stretches to accommodate the newly introduced fat.
For most patients, the final results of their surgery will be apparent after 3-6 months following the fluffing stage of recovery. By this time, post-surgical side effects will have subsided to reveal a curvier and softer buttock.
Furthermore, it takes 3-6 months for the final volume of fat grafts to settle, given that the body absorbs 30-50% of fat cells injected into the buttock. The surgeon injects more fat than needed to produce your desired result to account for this volume loss. Therefore, immediately after surgery, in addition to the swelling, your buttock may also look significantly large due to the excess fat cells. However, the final results will reveal your expected enhancement and feel natural.
Generally, this stage lasts between 6-8 weeks, after which your buttocks will begin to have a natural look and feel.n
No. While every patient recovers differently from a BBL, it is highly unlikely the fluffing stage lasts beyond six months. Once this fluffing stage is complete, you will see the final results of your BBL.n
This stage usually begins approximately 3 months after your surgery. This is where your skin begins to relax, and the residual inflammation begins to subside, revealing the natural-looking enhancement to the volume and shape of the buttocks.n
After a BBL surgery, you should avoid sitting down and putting direct pressure on your buttock as much as possible for 3 weeks. Afterwards, your surgeon may advise you to sit on soft pillows for a further two weeks to minimise the pressure. In general, most patients can sit as usual four weeks after the surgery. nnFollowing these instructions gives the injected fat cells the best chance of surviving and integrating into the blood supply, which will reveal a more enhanced and contoured buttock as you enter the fluffing stage of your recovery. n
In addition to being in good health, a good candidate for BBL should have excess fat, ideally around their buttock, that cosmetic surgeons can harvest for the fat grafts of the BBL procedure. Therefore, a good candidate will have a BMI between 23-28. At the CREO clinic, our surgeons will assess your BMI, fat distribution, and medical history to determine your suitability for the procedure.n
Patients can wear jeans and any form of clothing they wish immediately after the surgery.
Yes, a BBL permanently adds volume to your buttocks. Once the fat grafts have integrated into the blood supply in the area, they will remain in place and become a natural part of your body. n
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