From Kim Kardashian to Holly Hagan – the celebs having secret weekly jabs and doing gruelling workouts to reverse BBLs MILLIONS of women on...
From Kim Kardashian to Holly Hagan – the celebs having secret weekly jabs and doing gruelling workouts to reverse BBLs
MILLIONS of women once wondered, "Does my bum look big in this?"
That is, until the mid-2010s, when having a bigger-than-life posterior was thought appealing and desirable.
As a result, an increasing number of women chose to cheat their way to the seemingly ideal rear.
According to The Aesthetic Society's 2022 numbers, a record 40,320 women underwent buttock augmentation treatments in 2020.
The popularity of a big bum is thought to have been fostered by Instagram and the 'Kardashian effect', which saw young women anxiously seeking to mimic the reality TV sisters' features.
The most popular bottom-enhancing operation is the controversial Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL), which involves injecting fat from various regions of the body into the bottom to create a more rounded or raised appearance.
Controversial because the surgery involves the highest risk of any cosmetic procedure, with more than one in every 4,000 deaths.
Despite the risks, the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) reports that BBLs are the fastest-growing kind of cosmetic surgery, with popularity increasing by a startling 20% each year.
And, while some women are still fighting to find the thousands to afford one (the average cost of a BBL in the UK is £6,000 to £12,000), the tide is turning.
The operation has fallen out of favour among A-list celebrities, with many who have had surgery attempting to reverse the appearance.
And some celebs are refreshingly candid and honest about their regrets for having it done in the first place.
Ozempic allegations
Kim Kardashian, arguably the pioneer of the BBL obsession, has been rumoured to be seeking to reduce her famously big bum since 2022.The main hypothesis is that she is using Ozempic.
Ozempic is a weight-loss injectable medication that is typically administered weekly. It was originally developed to treat type 2 diabetes, which lowers blood sugar by stimulating the pancreas to produce more insulin.
For weight loss, it sends molecules to the brain, giving that 'full' feeling, and slows digestion.
A number of celebrities, including Sharon Osbourne and Kelly Clarkson, have claimed to using it to thin down.
Others have dropped significant amounts of weight in the previous two years, which correlates with the time the medicine became popular as a weight loss strategy.
Kim, 43, has long denied having surgery on her bum, and in 2011, on Keeping Up With The Kardashians, she had her famously big posterior scanned to 'prove' she didn't have implants.
Fans first spotted Kim's shrinking bottom in August 2021, when she posed in tight leggings for an Instagram photo - and it's only gotten smaller since then.
Doctors believe Kim's quick reduction is due to Ozempic injections, which LA-based leading cosmetic surgeon Dr Gary Motykie 'confirmed' she had been receiving since the Met Gala in May.
"Waist by Ozempic!" "Her waistline appears thinner than we've seen before," he told MailOnline.
"Ozempic can be an easy way to lose weight for a specific event, like the Met Gala."
Kim's friends disclosed in July 2022 that she intended to get rid of her famed bum in favour of a smaller posterior.
"Kim never had implants; it was just a fat transfer into her buttocks," a source told The Sun.
"She had it topped up every now and then during her marriage to Kanye [West], but she's done with that appearance.
"She's stopped getting the transfers and letting it decrease naturally as she loses weight."
Boozer to Fitness Guru
Holly Hagan rose to stardom in 2011 as a cast member of MTV's Geordie Shore. During filming, she drank booze and ate kebabs for weeks.
Now, the 31-year-old has rebranded herself as a diet and exercise expert, and she's using her newfound knowledge to "naturally" reverse not one, but three BBLs.
She had her first in 2016, but was dissatisfied with the results, so she flew to Turkey for a second.
She spent £5,000 for the second procedure, which is one-third of the average cost in the UK, but said it was not worth it because she was afraid and covered in blood afterward.
She had a third BBL in January 2017, her third operation in less than a year, which she describes as a "really low time".
Holly, who welcomed her first child with footballer Jacob Blyth last summer, has dedicated herself to "naturally" reversing her BBL through exercise.
She boldly captured the process on TikTok.
"The point is I'm having to live with the saggy deflated bag of jelly I have left for a bum and there's no way I'm going through more surgery to attempt to fix it so I will live with my mistakes," she told me.
Holly managed to "shrink" her bum to 41 inches from a stunning 50 inches with exercise at just eleven months postpartum.
Her fitness routine, according to Team Fitty, consists of walking, ab exercises, resistance training, and intensive ten-minute tabatas.
Tabata is a sort of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) that consists of 20 seconds of exercise at maximum effort followed by ten seconds of recovery.
"I know what I'm doing," Holly explained. "This is just science."
Lateysha Grace, a reality TV star who gained popularity on MTV's Welsh version of Geordie Shore, had her BBL reversed in May.
The mother of two travelled to Turkey, the UK's most popular health tourism destination, for reversal surgery after feeling "ridiculous" about her appearance.
"I've been wanting to get it for a long time," she admitted on TikTok. "But I thought I'd attempt it the natural way.
"I lost two-and-a-half stone, I went to the gym everyday - and no matter what I done, no matter how much weight I lost, it just would not shift from my hips."
Surgeons often employ liposuction to reverse BBL surgery, removing the fat that was added to get the desired rounder look.
However, doctors at Harley Street plastic surgery clinic CREO believe that the potential to reverse a BBL is determined by the surgical techniques utilised during the first procedure.
"If the fat is placed above the gluteal muscle, as is safest to do, it can simply be removed with liposuction to reduce volume," Clinical Director Dr. Omar Tillo stated in a blog.
"However, if fat was injected into or below the gluteal muscle, it is considered too dangerous to remove as there is a risk of damaging the muscles."
The gluteal muscles are a big set of muscles that form the bum area.
Lateysha, 31, has yet to provide an update or discuss the outcome of her reversal surgery.