Dr. Constantino Mendieta demonstrates and details his personal technique for gluteal augmentation. The video demonstration is divided into three parts: Part I, Aesthetic Analysis and Preoperative Marking; Part II, Creating the Female Silhouette with Circumferential Lipoplasty; and Part III, Autogenous Gluteal Augmentation. Artistic concepts for gluteal augmentation and contouring the female silhouette and technical considerations for patient safety are emphasized. This Master Series Video article is the first in a planned series of video vignettes.
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Miami, Fla.
From private practice and the University of Miami School of Medicine.
Received for publication September 13, 2017; accepted September 25, 2017.
Presented at the 50th Baker Gordon Symposium on Cosmetic Surgery, in Miami, Florida, February 11 through 13, 2016.
Disclosure:Dr. Mendieta receives royalties from Marina Medical Instruments and serves as a consultant for Wells Johnson. Dr. Stuzin is chairman of the Baker Gordon Symposium on Cosmetic Surgery.
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James M. Stuzin, M.D., 3225 Aviation Avenue, Suite 100, Miami, Fla. 33133, jms3225@bellsouthnet.com
