The female buttock shape plays a vital role in the curvature of the figure; its plumpness is a vital representation of age. In other words, like the breasts, the buttocks gradually change with time and age, so sculpting or maintaining buttock plumpness has become a major subject of body rejuvenation. However, as the structure of the buttock is quite complex, from the surface to the deep structure including the skin, fats, gluteus maximus muscle, gluteus minimus muscle, sciatic nerve/blood vessels, and pelvic bone framework. Such an overlaid architecture not only functions to support the upper half of the body and coordinate the lower limbs but also sustains limb activities over ten thousand times a day. Therefore, it is more likely to cause the sliding and loosening of soft tissues due to gravity load or natural aging to ultimately result in ptosis or deformity of the buttocks. Moreover, other factors, such as the lack of tightening, toning of gluteal muscles of modern people in need of exercise, stretching and extension of pelvic structure during female pregnancy, or even fat loss from overt weight reduction, accelerate buttock droopiness and atrophy, and this also indirectly explains why patients undergoing buttock augmentation are predominantly females and presents a trend of patients being increasingly younger. Buttock augmentations have no absolute indications and condition limitations, so as long as patients show buttock depression or sagging, gluteoplasty is considered for appropriate adjustment. Currently, two common methods are available:

Autologous Fat Grafting (Brazilian Buttock Lift)

Buttock Implant Emplacement