This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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USA: Oye! Times readers Get FREE $30 to spend on Amazon, Walmart…Let's face it: Good intentions aside, it's easier to hit the snooze than get out of bed and hit the pavement. So, whether it's figuring out how to sculpt your body or finally learning how to carve out "me" time, the folks at YouBeauty have us excited to get sweating and stay on track.
Stumble into the right corner of the Internet, and you’ll find women trading photos of their favorite butts. These “wish photos” are posted alongside pictures of disembodied asses, noses, and breasts awaiting plastic surgery. Elsewhere online, it wouldn’t be surprising to find hateful comments accompanying all this body talk, but these women are helping each other: They endorse (and caution against) surgeons, talk recovery strategy, and call each other sisters. It’s the community at RealSelf.com, a Yelp-esque review website and message board for cosmetic-surgery clientele.
Before speaking to Evette, Sweetie_08, and NJBusyHousewife (all women asked to go by the names that they use on RealSelf), we were well aware of how big — no pun intended — butts have become. Surgeons have stated that pop culture is partly behind the shift towards a curvier “ideal” female form. Who are we to dismiss the cultural impact of Kim Kardashian’s butt?
Sure, women aren’t walking around explicitly saying “I want to look just like Kim” or “I need Iggy Azaelea’s ass.” But, it would be tough to miss the attention paid to butts in the media, this site included. If you’re already plastic surgery-inclined, wouldn’t something like Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” at least subconsciously tilt the scale in favor?
Evette, Sweetie, and NBH each had their own reasons for going under the knife. Here’s what they taught us:
Average-size women get BBLs.
“I wasn’t always self-concious about my butt. It happened as I got older. It started losing its shape. It used to be round and out there. It was still out there, but it started getting square. I would say it was normal-average size; it wasn’t outrageous. There was no projection on it, which was what I wanted.” — Evette
Curvy women get BBLs.
“I was self-conscious about my butt. I didn’t like the way my grandmother’s body looked when she was in her 60s after having so many children. I only had one kid and she has seven, but I knew I wanted my body back to the way it was before I had a child.” — NBH, 41
And, cheerleaders get BBLs.
“I was a cheerleader in high school. I always felt self-conscious of my butt in the locker room.” — Sweetie, 26
Do your research.
“I live in Arkansas and flew to Miami for my BBL. Miami has the best doctors at a lower price; I paid $4000. Afterwards, I stayed in a recovery house where they made sure I ate, felt comfortable, and just took care of me. The whole nine yards.” — Sweetie
Surgery doesn’t mean you don’t take care of yourself.
“My tip is to definitely try to lose as much weight as you want to lose. [The doctor] doesn’t always recommend it, because he takes the fat from where you don’t want it and injects it to where you do. I didn’t need those injections because I already had a large ass. But, wear a compression garment beforehand and really take care of yourself. I think my results came out good because I took care of myself beforehand and excellent care of myself as I was healing. [Eat] right and [follow] their orders; you’re not supposed to have any form of alcohol. I eat right; I juice.” — NBH
“My hips were 38 [inches] before surgery. Now, they’re 45. That number might go down in time; I just hope it doesn’t go down lower than a 43… I mean, I told him what I wanted…I told him I wanted volume and projection, and that I wanted a waistline. I had a bunch of pictures of women on websites that I told the doctor to base it on. I just looked up big-booty girls, billion butts.” — Evette
…but you can decide on a general look.
“I was going for natural. I didn’t want anyone to look at me and say, 'Damn, that’s crazy.' None of that.” — Evette
“When [my doctor] sculpts you, your results come out more refined. You get much curvier results than what I’ve seen with any other doctors.” — NBH
“I went as big as you could go with a natural look.” — Sweetie
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Plastic surgery is still surgery.
The squat challenge is not the same.
“The squat challenge wouldn’t have done what surgery did. You could do squats forever. You could squat until Jen Selter retires in her 60s and you’ll never get the shape or the definition that surgery gives. Any of those ladies that say that are lying. They’re going and they’re getting liposuction and then going back on camera saying, 'This is how I got my body.' Bullshit.” — NBH
Your first BBL might be a gateway surgery.
“A lot of people want to go for Round Two after a year. Especially on [RealSelf], there’s people going for Round Three…I would like to do my breasts next.” — Evette
Do it for the right reasons.
“Everybody that saw me beforehand was, like, ‘You don’t need it.’ And, I was, like, ‘Aren’t there things in life that you don’t need? That you want?’ Whether it’s a boyfriend, or a new hair color, whatever it is in life that you may desire — someone else may say, ‘You don’t need that.’ I don’t care. I did this for me.” — NBH
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