Gluteal sculpting procedures have become
increasingly popular today as patients requesting body contouring improvements recognize
that a nicely shaped buttock provides balance and proportion to the total body
aesthetic. The Art of Gluteal Sculpting, by
Dr. Constantino G. Mendieta, an acknowledged expert in this area, is the
definitive work on this topic.

The dramatic increase in requests for
gluteal contouring procedures requires that plastic surgeons develop not only a
mastery of a range of body contouring procedures, but also the ability to
recognize each patient’s body frame type so that appropriate interventions can
be planned. This book provides surgeons with the comprehensive, clinical
information they need to meet their patients’ demands.

Comprehensive Coverage

This magnificently illustrated semi-atlas
work consists of seven chapters in two parts. Part I begins with a seminal
chapter, Evaluation Based on Anatomic Landmarks, that sets the tone for the
entire book and demonstrates the importance of anatomy in influencing outcomes.
In this invaluable chapter, Dr. Mendieta provides his comprehensive evaluation
system developed and refined over an eight-year period. This system represents
“another way of seeing”; it provides the foundation for all of the techniques
that follow with critical guidelines for assessing specific anatomic components
and developing a roadmap for treating individual patients. The second chapter,
Patient Selection and Clinical Decision Making, takes the principles
established in the evaluation system and applies them to a range of patients
with different body types, quantities of fat, and anatomic configurations. From
this clinical application a treatment plan is derived and recommended for each
patient type discussed.

Part
II focuses on different techniques for gluteal reshaping. A detailed chapter on
fat grafting introduces this section; it provides step-by-step details on Dr.
Mendieta’s technique for large volume liposuction and fat grafting in the
gluteal area. This is his preferred method used in the majority of cases, and
he details its advantages, limitations, and potential outcomes. The next two
chapters focus on techniques for implant augmentation: one on intramuscular
implant placement, and the second, contributed by the noted surgeon, Dr. Jose
de la Pena, on subfascial implant augmentation. The final two chapters focus on
excisional techniques. Chapter 6 describes Dr. Mendieta’s exciting new Miami
Thong Lift for Inner Gluteal Fold Excision, and Chapter 7 provides a detailed
description of Circumferential Body and Buttock Lifting, by renowned surgeon
Dr. Al Aly.