Abstract

Robert A. Ersek, MD, Austin, TX , is a board-certified plastic surgeon and an ASAPS member. Patients seeking buttock lift surgery have a variety of surgical options available to them. Individuals who require excision of massive amounts of skin and fatty tissue can be effectively treated with a circumferential lift technique as popularized by Dr Ted Lockwood. On the other hand, I believe that patients who have been treated with liposuction and have mild deformities of the skin and fatty tissue are better served by the centerline buttock lift approach, which produces less conspicuous scarring. I have performed Dr. Lockwood's technique, which has the advantage of allowing the surgeon to lift a variety of areas. The use of the superficial fascia, especially in the “anchor …

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