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  The Quest for the Ideal Butt Aesthetic The ideal butt aesthetic changes with the times and with societal norms.  The ideal aesthetic as long as it is reasonable and possible to achieve is whatever the patient thinks is the ideal.  Some patients think that Dr. Kenneth Hughes has a preference or a type of […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes in Los Angeles sees a great variety of post-traumatic deformities for which he creates a reconstructive surgery plan.  No one strategy or approach is effective for every individual or every deformity.  Many of these deformities are the result of fat necrosis, which is a technical term applied to fat tissue that dies […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes, Harvard-trained, Board-Certified Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon, sees a large number of patients have loose skin at the bottom of the butt or the back of the thighs. Some of these patients also have a butt that is too long.  Patients have have a butt that is not smooth, patients may be concerned […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes performs as much butt surgery for reconstruction as he does for purely cosmetic reasons.  With the advent of the numerous problems following silicone and biopolymer injections to the buttock including death, Dr. Kenneth Hughes is frequently battling these foreign substances to prevent long term problems with skin death, tissue death, fat death, […]

Statistics show that the Brazilian buttlift (BBL) causes one death for every 3,000 operations.  The procedure involves liposuction of fat from the abdomen, sides, back, arms, thighs or other fatty areas and injecting the harvested fat to the butt and hips to improve the shape, projection, roundness, and volume.  English surgeons were advised not to […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes, Harvard-trained, board-certified plastic surgeon, sees many patients who want more than just a larger butt or a more shapely butt with more projection.  In addition, patients may have dents from previous trauma or from some congenital event or previous surgery.  Revision surgery from previous fat transfer attempts by other surgeons make up […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes in Los Angeles has performed thousands of Brazilian buttlifts or BBLs and is an expert in the field.  Less than 1% of plastic surgeons have performed this number of BBLs.  Liposuction and Brazilian buttlift are plastic surgery procedures typically utilized to overcome genetic limitations in form that cannot be improved to the […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes, Los Angeles plastic surgeon, has performed thousands of fat transfers to the breast, the face, the butt, the calves, and traumatic deformities and for liposuction revision.  Dr. Hughes of Hughes Plastic Surgery is also a published author on the topic of fat grafting and is regarded as an expert in the field […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes, board-certified, Harvard-educated, Harvard-trained plastic surgeon in Los Angeles, has performed thousands of corrective or revision procedures after Brazilian buttlift has been attempted by another surgeon or several surgeons.  The BBL revision surgeon is not only an expert at the Brazilian buttlift, but he is able to navigate the scar tissue, dents, and […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes of Hughes Plastic Surgery in Los Angeles is frequently asked to evaluate the utility of old or new technology in regard to treatment or diagnosis of plastic surgery issues.  Dr. Kenneth Hughes will tackle the topic of the efficacy of ultrasound in prevention of intravascular injection of fat during BBL or Brazilian […]