| BODY CONTOURING | PEER-REVIEW
JESÚS BENITO-RUIZ, MD, PhD, Antiaging Group Barcelona, Clínica Tres Torres, Barcelona, Spain
email: drbenito@
antiaginggroupbarcelona.com
IMPLANTS A
MALE BODY
Jesús Benito-Ruiz discusses his experiences and preferred techniques for muscular enhancement at a number of locations on the male body
ABSTRACT
Muscular enhancement in men is a rare request and reports in the literature about these operations are scarce. The necessary experience required to perform this kind
of operation is difficult to acquire, but more and more men are seeking a solution to what they consider an aesthetic problem or a medical issue after an injury. In this article the author presents his experience
T PRESENT, MEN ARE MORE CONSCIOUS ABOUT their appearance: they consume more cosmetic products, sculpt their bodies in gyms, and even come to our offices for rejuvenation and body contouring procedures. However, while men train in gyms to achieve a certain aesthetic, sometimes the desired
results are not reached — even with extensive training (and even with special diets or steroid abuse). One of the indications for body implants is to enhance the areas that do not respond to exercise. In this article, the author reports on his experience of body implants in men, including ‘well known’ areas such as buttocks, pectoral and calves, and ‘rare’ indications such as deltoid, triceps, and biceps. After initial clinical experience with pectoral implants1
, buttocks and calves, the
author started to use cohesive (non-solid) silicone implants for muscular enhancement at other locations.
Buttocks For most men, the author prefers oval implants, as it is important to enhance the muscle without feminising the area too much (Figure 1). Round implants are only used if the buttocks are very short (Figure 1). The author prefers to use Polytech Health & Aesthetics implants (Dieburg, Germany). Round implants provide a higher projection compared with oval implants (mean, 1 cm more).
KEYWORDS
upper limb, augmentation, implants, silicone implants, buttocks, gluteus, calves, gastrocnemius, pectoral, chest, biceps, triceps, deltoid
Figure 1 Buttock augmentation with oval implants, 240 cc. (A, B) before and (C, D) after
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of augmentation of a number of areas with silicone cohesive implants, including pectoral, buttocks, calves, biceps, triceps and deltoids. The author describes the implants that he prefers and the technique that has
produced the best results. Before performing any of the procedures, the surgeon must be very conscious and knowledgeable about the anatomy and relationships between the nearby muscles and nerves.
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