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Should you get a BBL?

February 9, 2024
Brazilian Butt Lifts, aka BBLs, are all the rage thanks to social media. But are the risks worth it? Our guest Savielly shares her experiences.
Show transcript
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Fiona bodies is a BBL for you.
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For a BL. They am I OK?
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Sorry. So for a BBL surgery,
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I've heard that they take the fat out of an unwanted area
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and put it in an area where you do want fat
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You bumpy phos ca I don't know,
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just like that. Hey,
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yo, I'm not gonna lie to that guy.
00:29
Thick, thick, thick,
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thick. That inspired you inspired me.
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Are you down? I wanted one.
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I did my research and it was so expensive.
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Like I wanted to get it done here,
00:47
Porque. I've heard horror stories like you really have to,
00:50
well, if you want it done in Mexico,
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you really have to do your research.
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You have to ask people and no.
00:55
Yeah, I mean,
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again, like you said you want because you wanted to have
01:00
Yeah. And I'm self conscious about that Porque.
01:03
No Mucho and I'm trying to work out,
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you know, and,
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but yeah, I mean,
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you brought up good concerns against the price and then also the
01:09
the health risk,
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I mean nerve damage infections,
01:13
skin discoloration death. Yeah.
01:17
Get serious. The fat embolism.
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This is when the fat is accidentally injected in your bloodstream.
01:23
So I heard of that one.
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Like if they inject the fat in the wrong place.
01:27
Tan. Yeah. Yes.
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A Cabo Fiesta. And that's what scared me off.
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No. Yeah. And then the thing is like,
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even if you do get a surgery right,
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this procedure and you heal,
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it might not be what you expected.
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So, all that money,
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the risk and you're like pinches Nagas Juan name,
01:45
you know. Oh my God.
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Yeah. Yeah. But I mean it's all speculation on our
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end. So we want to get someone that actually does have
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a BBL in Savvy.
01:54
Can you hear us?
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Yes, I can hear you.
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Hey, thank you so much for joining us.
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Thank you for having me so I can share my perspective.
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You saw my fake BBL.
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I'm sure I don't know if it looked real or not.
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Maybe it looks good.
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OK, cool. Well,
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shout to the Photoshop expert and yeah,
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but I guess let's get into it and hear your story
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How long ago did you get your surgery?
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So I got my surgery about seven years ago and I got
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it done in Colombia.
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I am half Colombian and half Nicaragua and I do have
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family out there. So that's why I chose to do it
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out there. And plus the price point was perfect for me
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and that's where I chose to go.
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Did you have any complications?
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No, I didn't have any complications.
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But I did wake up during the surgery.
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Like, I woke up for,
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like, maybe, like,
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I don't, I can't exactly tell you the time frame but
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I felt like it was,
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like, at least for,
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like, 30 seconds or so.
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I was, like,
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trying to make noise,
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I guess in my mind I was trying to talk but it
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didn't come out like I was talking,
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I was just making noises like a muda like,
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mm mm mm. Like that for them to be like,
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ok, she's awake,
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let's pump some more medication and put her back to sleep or
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I don't know,
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that was like my initial thought.
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So I was, like,
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awake and aware. That was pretty scary.
03:25
It wasn't necessarily a complication but it did freak me out a
03:29
little bit. Did you feel the pain or no?
03:35
Yeah. Well, I did feel like when they were kind
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of, I didn't feel the heading out but I could feel
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when they kind of hit the skin.
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I could feel that.
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No. Yeah. And in that vein,
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like, how do you sleep?
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Like, can you actually sleep?
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Like, I, I would sleep on my stomach for the
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most part but when I would get tired of sleeping on my
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stomach, then I would sleep on my back.
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But I would have my pillow,
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my butt pillow. It's like a donut,
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kind of like a donut shaped pillow.
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So I would sleep on my back.
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But with my butt in that pillow and I would use it
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if I would sit,
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use it when I was driving.
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I used my butt pillow for sure.
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For like a good six months after si are you happy with
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your results? Like,
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do you regret any part of this or?
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I got it done when I was younger.
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I think at the time I was like 2425.
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Once you hit 30 your body changes completely like your grown woman
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hips come in and you just,
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you don't lose weight fast enough.
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And now for me,
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when I do gain weight,
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it all goes to my butt.
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And so it just makes me feel uncomfortable because,
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you know, with all this BBL slander on social media like
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the gente como guy,
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you know what I mean?
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And it's tough because I go places and people are just like
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like staring, you know,
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laughing, giggling, you know,
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stuff like that and you know,
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I am kind of sensitive.
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So it does hurt my feelings sometimes.
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What's one positive thing about all this that you want to share
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with everybody that is thinking about this one positive thing is just
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learn to love yourself the way that you are.
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It took me a while.
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But you know, I'm at the point where,
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you know, I love myself now,
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but I really want people.
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I mean, I'm all for if you want to change something
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about yourself, go ahead and do it.
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You know, if getting lipo is something that you want to
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do, I mean,
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it's just a different case for everybody.
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But if that's something that you want to do,
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just do your research and just know that there can be consequences
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and that's pretty much it.
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You love yourself and,
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yeah, you know,
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you know how,,
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Rupaul said if you don't love yourself,
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how the hell some,
06:00
wait, how does it go?
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Yeah, if you don't love yourself,
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how the hell you're gonna love somebody else.
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It's true. So yeah,
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you're right and I really,
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really appreciate you coming on and and talking about it with
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us. Where can people find you on social Instagram?
06:18
Sim GDLA, I am a hair stylist so if you
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need your hair done hit me.
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Perfect. Awesome. Well,
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there you go. Thank you so much for your time and
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we appreciate the convo.
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Have a good one for sure.
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Take care. Bye guys.
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Happy Friday.