June 05, 2025 | Brazilian Butt Lift, Buttock Augmentation
Beauty standards change over the years, but sculpted curves and a lifted backside consistently remain highly desirable characteristics. When you want to enhance your figure or boost your backside, cosmetic surgery offers transformative options, and two of the most popular choices are the Brazilian Butt Lift and the Miami Thong Lift. Each procedure delivers gorgeous results, but is designed to address different concerns. In this blog, we’ll go over the differences between a Miami Thong Lift and a Brazilian Butt Lift so that you can more easily determine which option might best suit your body and aesthetic goals.
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What Is a Brazilian Butt Lift?
A Brazilian Butt Lift (also known as a BBL) is a popular procedure that employs fat transfer to enhance the volume and shape of your buttocks. It uses liposuction to harvest fat from “problem” areas of the body (typically the abdomen, flanks, or thighs), and then that fat is strategically injected to contour and augment your buttocks.
Brazilian Butt Lifts are ideal for patients who:
- Want more volume in their buttocks
- Have sufficient excess fat to transfer
- Are looking for a curvier, more lifted backside
- Filling in hip dips
A Brazilian Butt Lift offers several benefits, providing slimming via liposuction and enhancement with fat transfer. Because it uses your own fat to augment your buttocks, it results in a more natural look and feel, with reduced recovery time compared to silicone butt implants.
However, a BBL also has a few limitations. It’s not an ideal choice for people with very little excess body fat available for transfer, and your results depend on how much of the transferred fat actually survives (typically between 60–80 percent). A Brazilian Butt Lift is also not ideal when it comes to correcting more complex issues, like a double butt crease deformity.
What Is the Miami Thong Lift?
The Miami Thong Lift is a specialized surgical technique offered by Dr. Agullo, specifically designed to address a double butt crease deformity. A double butt crease deformity is a condition where there is a vertical fold in the lower inner buttock with a pocket of fat and excess skin. It is sometimes called a double butt, frog butt, elephant butt, or chicken butt deformity. This issue can develop for several reasons, including:
- Genetics
- Distribution of fat
- Natural variations in the way your muscles attach
- Weight fluctuations and changes due to aging
- Prolonged sitting or a sedentary lifestyle
While BBL surgery is a great way to contour your buttocks, it isn’t an optimal solution for eliminating a double butt crease deformity.
A Miami Thong Lift is ideal for people who:
- Have a visible double butt crease deformity
- Have undergone a BBL or liposuction that failed to correct their double butt crease
- Want a more lifted and smooth gluteal contour
- A smooth and tight undercurve
A Miami Thong Lift can effectively correct double butt crease deformity with symmetrical, natural-looking results. It uses incisions hidden within the gluteal cleft or intergluteal fold, which leaves you with virtually invisible scarring. This procedure provides beautiful results on its own, restoring your confidence in the appearance of your backside, and can be combined with liposuction, a BBL, or gluteal implants for an even better result.
Key Differences Between a Brazilian Butt Lift and Miami Thong Lift
| Procedure | Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) | Miami Thong Lift |
| Purpose | Volume enhancement using fat transfer | Correction of double butt crease deformity |
| Technique | Fat transfer | Surgical lift, plus possible liposuction, fat transfer, or gluteal implants |
| Ideal Candidate | Wants bigger, rounder buttocks | Has double butt creases or complex buttock contour issues |
| Scarring | Minimal, with small incisions and injection points hidden when possible | Virtually invisible within natural intergluteal fold |
| Longevity | Long-lasting, if you maintain a stable weight | Long-lasting, but can be affected by weight fluctuations and the natural aging process |
Which Procedure Is Best for You?
If you’re primarily interested in enhancing the volume and contour of your behind using your body’s own fat, a Brazilian Butt Lift may be your best choice. But if you’re dealing with more complicated issues like a double butt crease deformity—or experienced unsatisfactory results from a previous BBL procedure—a Miami Thong Lift may offer the most precise, natural-looking, and long-lasting solution.
Learn More About Miami Lift & Brazilian Butt Lift Surgeries in El Paso
Whether you’ve experienced weight fluctuations, changes in your body due to aging, or simply want to contour your figure for aesthetic reasons, procedures like the Miami Thong Lift and the Brazilian Butt Lift offer transformative results. When you’re ready to learn more about each procedure and decide which one will help you achieve your dream body shape, Dr. Frank Agullo can help. Schedule a consultation with Dr. Agullo today by calling (915) 590-7900 or completing the online contact form, and get ready to enjoy a shapelier, more confident you.
