New York Plastic Surgeon Gives Advice for Getting Safe Butt Enhancement

    NEW YORK, NY, April 28, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Last week health officials sounded an alert after six women were hospitalized following black-market butt enhancements. New York plastic surgeon Dr. George Lefkovits, a recognized expert on butt enhancement, gives advice for patients looking to improve the size or shape of their buttocks.

A black-market butt-enhancement practitioner has sent six women to the hospital after he injected them with what was described as "a variety of unknown materials", but which may have included caulk, silicone, and petroleum jelly. In addition to the damage to their health, the women's buttocks now resemble "moonscapes" because they are lumpy and cratered, according to a hospital source. New York plastic surgeon Dr. George Lefkovits gives advice for women who want to enlarge their buttocks.

"You have one body," Dr. Lefkovits said, "take care of it. Buttock augmentation is an operation and is best performed by Board Certified plastic surgeons with experience in this procedure." He also adds the following cautions:

- Stay away from "practitioners" who treat you with "injections" in hotels or other non-clinical settings
- If it sounds too good to be true, it's probably exactly that
- Do not use silicone injections
- Do not travel to other countries to save money

Dr. Lefkovits, who has been performing buttock augmentation in New York since the 1980s, adds, "While I believe fat transplantation is the preferable procedure because it leads to a more natural result and is associated with fewer complications, the use of silastic implants is also an option."

In buttock augmentation via fat transplantation, fat is removed from one part of the body using liposuction. After it is purified, it is injected into the buttocks in small injections so that it becomes incorporated. Sometimes it may be necessary to perform the procedure a second time to get optimal results, but once achieved, the results are essentially permanent.

About Dr. George Lefkovits

Dr. George Lefkovits is a board-certified plastic surgeon and member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the New York Regional Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, among other professional associations. He attended Georgetown University School of Medicine and Downstate Medical College. He completed his residency training at Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital and at Lenox Hospital. At the latter institution, he also served as Chief Resident in Plastic Surgery. In addition to buttock augmentation, Dr. Lefkovits performs a wide array of plastic surgery procedures on men and women, including breast augmentation, gynecomastia correction, tummy tuck, facelift, and rhinoplasty (nose surgery).

Website: http://www.drlefkovits.com

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