Baby Got Back.
Posted on 08/28/2004 8:28:09 PM PDT by aculeus
For years, men have known to bite their lips dutifully and shake their heads convincingly when asked the classic question: "Does my bum look big in this?"
They need lie no more. The answer women now want to hear, it seems, is "Yes".
Buttock augmentation surgery has soared in popularity, as women seek to plump up their rumps and prove that bigger is better. Plastic surgeons attribute the trend partly to the popularity of ample-reared, "bootylicious" pop divas such as Jennifer Lopez and Beyonce Knowles.
"It seems to be this year's 'it' surgery and Jennifer Lopez is the poster-girl," said Dr Leroy Young, director of the American Society for Plastic Surgery's Emerging Trends Taskforce, which has recorded a five-fold increase in buttock augmentation operations in the past 12 months.
The trend has also reached Britain, with a substantial rise in patients anxious to have the surgery. Adrian Richards, a consultant plastic and cosmetic surgeon practising in Harley Street, said that four or five years ago he was never asked to perform the surgery but now increasing numbers of women sought augmentation.
"The reason for the change is that our perception of the ideal body shape is changing," he said. "Patients want a rounder and fuller posterior. Ten years ago it was fashionable to look slim, be small busted and have no bottom, the body ideal now is more rounded and voluptuous."
Dr Young in America agreed. He said: "People like to emulate celebrities and women like that well-endowed look. Clothes these days are cut to show the figure very anatomically and they just don't look right if you don't fill them out. Buttock augmentation has moved from being a fringe procedure into the mainstream, it's reached a tipping point."
Nearly 4,000 Americans underwent underwent buttock augmentation last year, compared with 614 two years ago. The procedure involves implanting bags of silicone, or quantities of fat removed from elsewhere in the body, into the buttocks to make them more pronounced. About 90 per cent were female, some of them 50-year-olds on a mission to turn back time and others as young as 21 and anxious to reach more "bootylicious" proportions.
The implants used are the same as those used for breast implants. State-of-the art buttock implants are made with soft silicone. Recently, there has been an an increase in the use of saline implants, which are made from salt water. These, however, are harder and firmer than natural bodyflesh and can be uncomfortable.
The method of inserting and positioning the implant depends on patient preferences, anatomy and the surgeon's recommendation. The implants are placed into each buttock area through a single incision overlying the tailbone. The buttock muscle (gluteus maximus) is lifted up and a pocket is made just large enough for the implant. Having one's gluteus maximised does not come cheap. Costs typically range between £3,800 to £5,500, similar to a facelift or breast enlargement.
Nor is it the most comfortable of cosmetic procedures; patients are warned that they probably won't be able to sit down for around 10 days after surgery.
Suzanna Drake, 34, from Stanmore, London, had the procedure last year after reading about it on a holiday in America. She never felt comfortable with her bottom and was surprised at how many plastic and cosmetic surgeons in Britain performed the surgery.
Ms Drake is delighted with the results. "I never used to walk around the beach, I would dread the summer. I had no bottom and I felt so unfeminine. Now I can wear jeans and my confidence has soared."
Lynne, a 40-year-old American who had the surgery last year, agreed: "My butt has always just been really flat and oh my goodness, the difference now is unbelievable. It's the shape, the contouring, the slope. It's cut years off my age - I look like I have an 18-year-old's butt. It's firm, it's tight, it looks good."
Surgeons say that the trend for buttock augmentation has been stimulated by television programmes that revolve around cosmetic surgery, such as the drama Nip/Tuck and Fox television's The Swan, in which 17 "ugly ducklings" are given three months to get themselves to beauty queen level assisted by a small army of plastic surgeons.
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No pictures? I'm bummed!
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Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back" translated into Latin ^
Fat bottomed girls make this rockin' world go round!
no pixel candy?
This is a positive development. Instead of surgery, these ladies should consider a diet of rice and beans, as this is why Brazillian and Cuban women have superior posteriors.
Am I the only male who DOESN'T like JLo's patootie?
Baby Got Back.
Whoa! That means the Botticelli look is in? Whew!
Yea, her butt isn't that great either.
Of course, he never saw Helen Thomas.
My advice is, don't try this at home. |
Magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
That's funny, as I read you first quote I was thinking "oh ya, take a look at Helen Thomas" and then there it was...
That can't be a coincidence.
She must truly set the ugly woman standard.
I am feeling empowered by my robust physique. l )
make that "...read your..."...
None of that showin' off latin class sh*t.
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Any guy who reads this, and believes it, is gonna get himself killed. "Oh yes, dear, you have the biggest butt in Christendom."