Are Brazilian butt lifts the new boob job? Kim Kardashian fever helps fuel 58% spike in the number of buttock enhancements

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The number of Brazilian butt lifts being performed in the U.S. has grown by an astounding 58per cent over the last year, according to new research.
The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, which released a portion of its annual findings today, has discovered that the augmenting procedure has become so popular that 11per cent more surgeons have now begun offering it as a service.


‘The trend can definitely be attributed to more women wanting to emulate the look of Kim Kardashian’s and Jennifer Lopez’s shapely buttocks based on what I hear in my own offices on a near-daily basis,’ Dr Constantino Mendieta of Miami said of the surgery's increase in a statement.

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The number of Brazilian butt lifts being performed in the U.S. has grown by an astounding 58per cent over the last year, according to new research.

He described the procedure, saying: ‘we take fat from unwanted areas and transfer it to the buttock region, allowing us to shape and mold the posterior.’
Brazilian butt lifts typically cost between $8,000 and $12,000.
The ASAPS’s findings follow additional reports about the Brazililian butt lift’s growing popularity.
Earlier this month, it was discovered that New York City residents display the largest interest in the procedure when compared with other cities.

 

Plastic surgery referral site RealSelf found that more than 378,000 New Yorkers inquired about the procedure between November 2013 and January 2014 -- more than three times as many as Los Angeles, Miami and Atlanta.

'It’s like fitness is a fashion statement. Curvy in the right places is the new sexy.'

Los Angeles had the second-highest interest in the operation, with 138,227 inquiries, followed by Miami (108,341) and Atlanta (98,993).
As Dr Mendieta noted, this growing interest is often attributed to curvaceous celebrities including Kim Kardashian and Nicki Minaj.
Furthermore, experts say that the public’s desire to emulate these stars could allude to a shift in the ideal body mentality.
Dr. David Shafer, a Manhattan-based plastic surgeon, told the New York Post that the operation has become more popular in recent months because: 'It’s no longer this anorexic-model look that the magazines tell people they’re supposed to look like.’
A 35-year-old plastic surgery patient concurred, telling the paper: 'It’s like fitness is a fashion statement. Curvy in the right places is the new sexy.'