How much does hip augmentation cost?

The price panel at the top of this page shows what verified clinics currently charge, and it depends on whether fat grafting or implants are used.

Typically yes, for the same structural reasons that apply across cosmetic surgery generally, though verifying specific implant experience matters more here given how few surgeons regularly perform that particular technique.

It can add fullness and roundness to the soft tissue over your existing hip bones, but it cannot change the width of the pelvis itself, which sets the underlying skeletal framework.

It can fill the dip somewhat, though the dip arises from the shape of the pelvis and how muscle attaches to it rather than from a simple lack of fat, so complete elimination is not typically achievable.

Sleeping on your side resumes gradually at 2 to 3 weeks, since lying on the treated area puts pressure on fat that has not yet established a blood supply.

Removing fat from the waist and flanks narrows them, and a narrower waist can make existing hips read as fuller without anything being added, sometimes achieving much of the desired visual effect on its own.

The outer hip has little soft tissue cover, so implants are frequently palpable and sometimes visible, and they carry a markedly higher revision rate than fat, which is why relatively few surgeons regularly perform this specific technique.

A third to a half of grafted fat is typically absorbed over the first months, which is why volume is judged at 3 to 6 months rather than immediately after surgery.

Yes, treating the hips and buttocks together in one operation is common, giving a balanced overall outline from front, side and behind in a single anaesthetic and recovery.

The outer hip carries a different, lower risk profile than the buttock itself, since the large veins that carry fat to the lungs run through the gluteal muscle rather than the outer hip specifically, though correct injection technique still matters throughout.

Desk work resumes at around 10 days, with the final result, once graft survival or implant settling is established, reached at 3 to 6 months.

Implants become the relevant option, though this comes with the specific trade-offs of a less commonly performed technique, higher revision rate, and more palpable result given thin tissue cover at this location.

Yes, since the two sides can absorb different proportions of grafted fat, or an implant can sit at a slightly different height, though a top-up at 6 months can usually correct this.

Most patients describe soreness and bruising at both the hip and any liposuction donor sites, generally manageable with standard pain relief.

Yes, smoking impairs healing and fat graft survival specifically, which is why most surgeons ask patients to stop for at least four weeks before and after surgery.

Plan around 7 days, covering the window in which early swelling settles enough for a meaningful review before you travel.

Most clinics recommend having a companion for at least the first few days, since you will be recovering from anaesthesia and dealing with restricted sleeping positions that make some everyday tasks more difficult initially.

Where liposuction is used both for waist narrowing and fat harvest, total volume across all areas treated in the same sitting governs overall safety, planned individually around your body size.

Yes, a second, top-up session is a legitimate way to add further volume once the first result has fully settled at 6 months, rather than a sign the initial procedure failed.

Given how few surgeons regularly perform the implant technique well, a second opinion is a genuinely reasonable step if implants are being recommended, to confirm fat grafting was properly considered first.

An adult at a stable weight with narrow hips, a straight outline from waist to thigh, or hollows at the side, who has enough donor fat to harvest or genuinely accepts the implant alternative, in good general health.

In many cases, yes, since the procedure can be tailored to add more volume to one side than the other, though the degree of correction achievable depends on the underlying cause and severity of the asymmetry.

A BBL specifically adds volume and projection to the buttock. Hip augmentation targets the area over the greater trochanter at the side of the hip, a genuinely different location, though the two are frequently combined for a balanced overall outline.

Rarely, since this is classified as a cosmetic procedure, except in specific cases involving reconstruction following trauma or congenital difference, which follow an entirely different clinical pathway.

Photographs of your hips and waist from the front and side, a list of any previous surgeries, and a clear, honest description of what specifically bothers you and what result you are genuinely hoping for.

Through careful, layered injection technique and conservative initial volume, since overfilling can look unnatural and is harder to correct than under-filling, which can simply be topped up at a later session.

Yes, the effect is naturally more visible in fitted clothing and swimwear than in loose garments, which is worth factoring into your expectations about how noticeable the change will be day to day.

Previous liposuction should be disclosed in detail during consultation, since scarring or altered tissue from earlier procedures can affect both technique and the predictability of the result.

This is generally reserved for adults whose skeletal development is complete and whose body shape has stabilised into an adult pattern, rather than younger patients still developing.

This is planned around your available donor fat, your existing hip and pelvis shape, your skin elasticity, and your specific goals, rather than a single default approach applied to every patient regardless of anatomy.

A genuine, common risk of any fat grafting procedure, where uneven suction during harvest leaves dents or waviness in the donor area, often the commonest reason patients seek touch-up treatment afterward.

This combination should be approached cautiously given the compounded risk of combining significant procedures, and most surgeons prefer to space them across separate trips rather than combining them in one sitting.

Warm weather can make compression garments more uncomfortable to wear continuously, and the restricted side-sleeping position is worth planning around regardless of climate, particularly if travelling for the procedure.

Under general anaesthesia, fat is harvested by liposuction from donor areas such as the abdomen or thighs, processed, and then carefully injected in fine layers into the tissue over the outer hip on each side.

Yes, given how significantly the two approaches differ in risk, recovery and permanence, a second opinion specifically addressing which method suits your anatomy is a genuinely valuable step before committing to either.

This varies considerably by individual anatomy and desired change, generally a moderate volume per side, planned around achieving a natural, proportionate result rather than a fixed universal target.

Yes, many patients report an improved overall silhouette, since fuller hips against a defined waist create a more pronounced curve, even where the waist itself was not directly treated.

Confirm which specific method is being recommended and why, ask directly about the surgeon’s case volume for that exact technique, and get a clear price breakdown covering the possibility of a second, top-up session.

Fat cannot be removed once grafted, though a smaller liposuction procedure could reduce volume if genuinely needed. An implant, by contrast, can be surgically removed if you decide against continuing with it.

Grafted fat behaves like your body’s other fat, so it can enlarge with weight gain or reduce with weight loss, unlike an implant, which stays a fixed size regardless of your overall body weight changing.

That your surgeon has genuinely assessed whether fat grafting or an implant suits your specific anatomy, and, whichever is recommended, has demonstrated, specific case volume in that exact technique rather than general body contouring experience alone.

Yes, provided total aspirate volume across all treated and harvested areas stays within safe limits, which your surgeon should plan explicitly if multiple areas are being addressed in the same operation.

This varies by clinic and by how routinely the surgeon performs each technique, though implants, given their rarity and the specialised skill required, do not automatically cost more or less than fat grafting and should be compared directly for your specific case.

Most patients are adults with a naturally straight or narrow hip-to-waist outline who want a softer, curvier silhouette, often seeking this alongside broader body contouring goals rather than as an isolated, single concern.

Yes, and you should ask specifically to see patients with a similar starting hip and pelvis shape to your own, taken under consistent lighting, rather than only dramatically posed or heavily edited marketing images.

By carefully measuring and comparing both sides throughout the procedure and adjusting volume accordingly, aiming to improve overall balance rather than force an artificial, perfect symmetry that your underlying skeleton does not actually have.

Ask how many compression garments are included, how long you are expected to wear them, and what specific support exists, whether remote or in-person, if concerns arise once you are back home.

Typically an in-person review before you fly home, followed by remote check-ins over the following months, with a further review around the 6-month mark once graft survival or implant settling is genuinely established.

Ask each surgeon directly why they recommend their specific approach for your anatomy, request to see their own results in patients similar to you, and weigh their answers against the genuine trade-offs of fat versus implants discussed throughout this page.

An implant chosen where fat grafting would have suited you better risks a more visible, harder-to-revise result, while fat grafting chosen where you genuinely lacked donor fat risks an insufficient, disappointing outcome requiring further surgery.

Yes, though the specific goals and typical starting anatomy often differ between men and women, and your surgeon should assess and plan individually for your own particular anatomy and aesthetic goals.

Ask how many of this exact procedure, not general liposuction or fat grafting more broadly, they have genuinely performed in the last year specifically, since this single question reveals more about likely outcome quality than almost any other you could possibly ask them.

Yes, correcting a previous result is possible, though it should be assessed individually, since scarring, altered tissue and any implant already in place from the original procedure all affect what a revision can realistically achieve.