BRAZILIAN BUTT LIFTS UNDER SCRUTINY
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Although J-Lo, Pippa, and KKW have been credited with making big butts a thing, it was actually the Brazilians who cornered this rising aesthetic trend a few decades ago.
The popular Brazilian butt lift or BBL, as it is more commonly known, comes with some risks, especially if you aren’t careful about the doctor you choose. According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ASAPS), the BBL procedure has been shown to have the highest rate of complication and even death in extreme cases. In fact, as many as 1 in 3,000 people who undergo the procedure die, or 0.033 percent, compared with 0.002 percent for all office-based cosmetic procedures, according to a 2016 study
ALAN MATARASSO MD FACS
MEET THE MASTER OF SHORT SCAR SURGERY
Dr Alan Matarasso is the well known Park Avenue plastic surgeon, and one half of the brotherly duo of medical Matarassos. The other half is Dermatologist Seth Matarasso, the Toxinista of San Francisco. While Brother Alan lifts the lovelies in New York, Brother Seth is injecting and peeling his way through San Francisco’s social scene. Although he never names names, Alan’s hands have been linked with mega Broadway stars, magazine cover girls, best selling authors, A-list actors, and patrons of the arts. An academic at heart, he can be found on the lecture scene teaching plastic surgery residents and honored as a guest surgeon all over the wor
