Buttock augmentation is one of the most popular aesthetic treatment trends of the last decade.1 The Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) is a common procedure for augmentation and aims to shape the buttocks by obtaining fat from other areas of the body through liposuction and reinjecting it into the lower back and loins.1
However, it has become a controversial treatment due to significant complication rates with the highest reported death rate of all cosmetic surgery procedures.2,3
For patients seeking an alternative to the BBL, dermal fillers can be a suitable treatment to consider. The poly-L-lactic acid dermal filler Sculptra gained approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for use in human immunodeficiency virus-related facial lipoatrophy in 2004, leading to its use in buttock augmentation.4,5 However, the search for alternative methods has recently led to hyaluronic acid (HA) products…
