About the treatment
Shape, taken from what is already there
The phrase “butt lift” sets an expectation this treatment does not meet, so it is worth being precise from the start. Nothing is added. No implant, no injection, no fat moved from one place to another. What happens is subtraction and tightening.
Laser lipo is applied to the fat sitting immediately beneath the curve — the pad at the top of the thigh and the fold underneath. Reducing it sharpens the line where the buttock ends, and the same energy delivers a mild thermal stimulus to the skin over the area, which firms the surface.
The result is a cleaner, more defined shape rather than a bigger one. It is non-surgical, there is no anaesthetic and nothing to recover from. At our Macleod Trail clinic in south Calgary it is most often booked alongside training rather than instead of it.
The comparison
This is not a BBL, and the difference is not small
Search for a butt lift and most of what comes back describes major surgery. The two share a name and nothing else.
Non-surgical, what we do
- Reduces fat below the curve and firms the skin over it
- No incision, no anaesthetic, nothing injected
- Walk out and drive home; no time off anything
- Definition improves; volume does not increase
A Brazilian butt lift
- Fat is taken by liposuction from elsewhere and injected in
- Surgery under anaesthetic, in an operating theatre
- Weeks of recovery with strict restrictions on sitting
- Adds real volume, and carries surgical risk
If added size is genuinely what you want, this treatment will not deliver it and we would rather tell you now than after a course. If definition is what you are after, it is exactly the right tool.
How it works
Two things happening in the same pass
A shape reads as lifted for two reasons, and this treatment addresses both of them at once.
The pad underneath comes down
Laser energy opens the fat cells in the area beneath the curve and their contents are released into the lymphatic system, to be cleared over the following weeks. Less volume there means the fold softens and the line above it becomes distinct.
The skin over it tightens
Controlled warmth in the dermis is a stimulus to collagen. Firmer skin holds the new contour instead of draping over it, which is the difference between a shape that reads as lifted and one that just reads as smaller.
Your muscle does the rest
What is underneath still matters. Training builds the glute; this treatment removes what is sitting on top of it and obscuring the work. Clients who keep training through a course get a visibly better outcome, and we say so at every consultation.
Cellulite improves, but is not the target
Dimpling often looks better because the fat layer under it is thinner and the skin above it firmer. That is a side effect worth having rather than the thing the treatment is designed for.
Indications
What is it good for?
Contour, firmness and the dimpling that comes with a soft fat layer.
Stretch marks respond better to microneedling, and muscle tone to muscle sculpting. Everything available in south Calgary is on our Calgary SE clinic page.
Why here
Timing a course to a Calgary year
Six to twelve weekly appointments is a real commitment of time. When you start affects how easily you finish it.
Winter is the practical window
A weekly appointment is easiest to keep when the evenings are dark and nothing else is competing for them. Results also keep developing for weeks after the last session, so a course run from January lands where you want it by late spring.
Nothing about it is visible
No marks, no bruising, nothing anyone can see through clothing. Unlike facial work there is no cosmetic reason to avoid any part of the calendar.
Hydration is harder in the cold
People simply drink less when it is freezing, and here that matters more than in most treatments, because your own system does the clearing. Being deliberate about water through the course is worth more than any adjustment we could make to the settings.
Work backwards from your date
If there is a holiday or an occasion you are aiming at, count twelve weeks and add a few. Booking six weeks out and hoping is how people end up disappointed by a treatment that would have worked.
Getting ready
Pre & post treatment
Short lists. The fluid intake is the one that changes your outcome; the rest is comfort and practicality.
Before each appointment
- Drink properly for a day or two beforehand, and eat something light rather than heavy on the day.
- Skin bare on the area: no lotion, no oil, no self-tanner.
- Leave the area alone for three days — no retinoids, no exfoliating scrubs.
- Do not come with a burn or a fresh tan on the zone being treated.
- Wear loose clothing. Nothing should be digging in afterwards.
Afterwards
- Warmth and a mild tingling in the area, and sometimes slight pinkness. It settles quickly.
- Keep the water going — the clearing phase begins the moment you leave.
- Nothing that overheats you for a day or two: sauna, steam, a heavy session at the gym.
- No actives on the treated skin for about three days.
- Keep training between sessions. It genuinely improves what you get out of the course.
Results
Non-surgical butt lift before and after
A client at You Glow Aesthetics. What has changed is the line where the buttock meets the thigh, not the overall size — which is precisely what this treatment sets out to do.
Individual results vary with starting shape, skin elasticity, the number of sessions completed and whether weight and training stay consistent.
Also on Macleod Trail
Treatments that work well around this one
- Laser Lipo Cavitation in Calgary SE — the same technology for the stomach, flanks and thighs
- Muscle Sculpting in Calgary SE — builds the muscle underneath rather than reducing what is over it
- Microneedling in Calgary SE — for stretch marks and skin texture on the treated area
- Double Chin Removal in Calgary SE — the same principle applied to the jawline
- Non-surgical butt lift brand-wide — how the treatment works across all our clinics
