Hips vs. Lats

What hips vs. lats contouring changes

A concavity of the lateral hips can compromise the hourglass shape in a BBL. That concavity is often termed the hip dip. The dip is contrasted by the lateral thigh prominence below it, called saddle bags. The routine contouring maneuver transposes fat from the lateral thighs into the hips. That transfer is often coined the hip flip.

The hips vs. lats should be controlled from the back and from the front. Fat grafting to the lateral hip is described as the only alternative for that side contour, because the largest muscle of the buttock, the gluteus maximus, does not extend laterally.

Where the gluteus maximus stops

The gluteus maximus remains one of the body's core muscles. It spans the central buttock cheek. It does not reach the lateral hip, so muscle position alone does not fill a hip dip. Fat grafting is what the account uses to change buttock shape from the patient's starting position.

That fat transfer is described as helping a heart shape, set against a slender upper body. The correction of the hips vs. lats is routinely performed during a BBL to improve the overall body contour.

Hips vs. lats on the stomach and on the back

360 liposuction is circumferential contouring. It uses liposuction from the front and from the back to remove body fat. While lying on the stomach, the hips vs. lats are contoured from the lateral infra-gluteal crease, along the lowest border of the buttock.

While lying on the back during a BBL, the hips vs. lats are contoured from the groin region. Face down at the infra-gluteal crease and face up at the groin are two positions. They stay as two positions.

How far the lateral hips are filled

When contouring the hips vs. lats, the desired exaggeration of the lateral contour matters. The more exaggerated the curves, the more prominent the lateral hips are augmented. Optimal contouring may mean being more conservative when bringing down the lateral thighs. Female-specific contouring requires smooth transitions between the hip and the thigh.

Generous legs and thinner legs

If the legs are generous in size, the hips are filled more aggressively and the lateral thighs are brought down more conservatively during the BBL. If the legs are thinner, the lateral thighs are lowered more aggressively and the lateral hips are built up more conservatively. Both plans are for a smooth transition. They are opposite settings, and they stay side by side.

Hips vs. lats contouring is a component of female body contouring during a BBL or a butt lift. The shapes named are an hourglass and a heart shape. The acronym is explained on what BBL means, and pricing is covered on BBL cost.

The dip above and the fullness below

On the side of the body the lateral hip sits above the lateral thigh. The concavity in the hip is the hip dip, and it is what can break an hourglass outline during a BBL. The fullness below that concavity is the lateral thigh prominence, called saddle bags. The two features are a pair: a hollow above and a bulge below.

The routine maneuver takes fat from the lateral thighs and places it in the hips. That transfer is the hip flip. It uses the fullness below the dip to fill the concavity above it. No volume for the moved fat is stated. The back view and the front view both have to show the same corrected side, which is why the lateral step is controlled from both.

Central muscle, lateral fat

The gluteus maximus is a core muscle and it spans the central buttock cheek. A muscle with that span can affect the middle of the buttock. It does not extend to the lateral hip, so it is not the filler for a hip dip. Fat grafting is the lateral method. It works from the patient's starting shape. The result it is said to help is a heart shape, set against a slender upper body.

Hourglass and heart shape are both named. Hourglass is the outline a lateral concavity can spoil. Heart shape is the outline tied to the fat transfer. They stay as two descriptions. The lateral correction is routinely part of a BBL, and a butt lift is the other operation named beside it for female body contouring.

Around the torso, then the side

Circumferential contouring means the front and the back are both included. 360 liposuction removes body fat from those two sides so the waist and trunk are treated all the way around, and the lateral hip work sits on that circumference. Face down, the landmark is the lateral infra-gluteal crease at the lowest border of the buttock. Face up, the landmark is the groin. The crease is the lower edge of the buttock. The groin is the front of the hip. Each landmark belongs to the position named with it.

How exaggerated the side should look is a choice. More exaggeration means the lateral hips are augmented more. Optimal contouring can also mean reducing the lateral thighs more conservatively, so the line from hip to thigh stays smooth. Female-specific contouring is defined here as those smooth transitions.

A generous leg already carries thigh volume. The matching plan fills the hips more aggressively and brings the lateral thighs down more conservatively, so the hip does not sit small on a full thigh. A thinner leg has less thigh volume. The matching plan lowers the lateral thighs more aggressively and builds the lateral hips more conservatively, so a full hip is not stacked on a narrow thigh. Smooth transition is the goal in both plans. The plans are not blended into one middle amount.

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons describes liposuction, sometimes referred to as lipo by patients, as a surgical procedure that involves the removal of excess fat from specific areas of the body. That sentence matches fat removal from the front, the back, and the lateral thighs. It does not describe the hip flip, the hip dip, saddle bags, the gluteus maximus boundary, the stomach and back positions, the generous-leg plan, the thin-leg plan, or the 51-year-old caption.

What the photograph lists

The photograph is a 51-year-old woman after a lower body lift, a medial thigh tuck, high definition VASER liposuction of the flanks and back, a Brazilian buttock lift, and fat grafting to the lateral hips. The flanks and back are her liposuction sites. The lateral hips are her fat-grafting site. The medial thigh tuck is named beside the lateral work, not instead of it. The lower body lift is its own operation. The caption does not say whether her legs followed the generous-leg plan or the thin-leg plan.

Saddle bags are the lateral thigh prominence under the hip dip. Lowering that prominence and filling the dip are the two halves of the hip flip. The maneuver is one transfer: fat from the lateral thighs into the hips. Face down, the lowest border of the buttock is the landmark, at the lateral infra-gluteal crease. Face up, the groin is the landmark. A more exaggerated curve means a larger lateral hip. A conservative thigh reduction keeps more of the lateral thigh. Those choices are how optimal contouring is described when the side line has to stay smooth.