Traditional BBLs are risky because of the dangers should injected fat end up in blood vessels. 2024 September 30, Nicola Davis, “What are Brazilian butt lifts, and should they be banned?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2024:
The estimated death rate from fat embolism may be as high as one in 3,000 for BBLs. A 2015 study of deaths from BBL surgery concluded that they probably occur as a result of gluteal blood vessels becoming damaged during the procedure, allowing fat to enter the bloodstream. 2018 August 29, “Why butt lifts can be so dangerous”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2019:
At an average cost of £3,000 abroad and £8,000 in the UK, the BBL uses liposuction to extract fat from a patient’s thighs to then inject it into their buttocks, but less invasive treatments proliferate. 2018 November 18, Eva Wiseman, The Observer:
Catera Northup, 20, an exotic dancer from Providence, R.I., and Treneishyia Phillips, 27, from Waynesboro, Georgia, recovered from B.B.L.s at at^([sic]) Enchantress. […] Dream Body Recovery is just one of countless recovery houses that have cropped up in Miami, which has become the heartbeat of the B.B.L. boom in the United States. The average price of a B.B.L. nationwide is around $5,000, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. 2022 May 11, Sandra E. Garcia, “Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke.”, in The New York Times Magazine, archived from the original on 19 May 2022:
(alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of bbl (“barrels”)