Both Male-to-Female (MTF) and Female-to-Male (FTM) transgender patients schedule buttock enhancement or reduction surgery if they desire shaping their buttocks to achieve a classically feminine or masculine look.  The classical feminine form features buttocks that are rounder and fuller.  Some hip shaping may be necessary as well. Classically masculine buttocks are more angular and firm.

For buttock enhancement, there are a number of ways to add curves to the buttocks.  At one time, buttock implant surgery was the leading procedure for enhancing the buttocks.  Today, the most requested buttock augmentation procedure for transitioning males is referred to as the “Brazilian Butt Lift”.  Biologic natural females also prefer this type of procedure. 

Initially popularized by female Hollywood celebrities desirous of adding tone, projection, and girth to the buttocks, the Brazilian Butt Lift is a procedure that has rapidly become the leading buttock enhancement surgery in the transgender community.  Some of the advantages of the Brazilian Butt Lift procedure, leading to its growth in popularity, are that it is:

• less complicated surgery to perform,
• requires shorter recovery time,
• usually provides more natural-looking attractive results.

Of course, a requirement is that the individual has sufficient body fat to use for transplantation to the buttocks.

According to Dr. Leis, “Unlike implants which are inserted into the buttock area, the Brazilian Butt Lift actually injects the patient’s own fat into the buttocks, in a far less invasive procedure.  These days, only if the patient has exceptionally low body fat, would we recommend the implant method.  One reason that The Brazilian Butt Lift works so well is because of technological advances in fat distribution that go far beyond well-known procedures like liposuction.  With the Brazilian Butt Lift, the patient’s fat is obtained, purified, and transplanted into position.  Doctors can better control the outcome by varying the depths of the sculpting injections.  The results are typically very natural looking and realistic.”