When it comes to body contouring, people are continuing to seek out noninvasive procedures.

These procedures are different from invasive surgeries — they carry fewer risks and side effects without the need for extensive downtime. One such contouring procedure is the vacuum therapy butt lift.

Unlike the traditional Brazilian butt lift, vacuum therapy promises to help tone and tighten your rear without the use of incisions and fat grafting.

While the lack of downtime and scarring is much more appealing, vacuum therapy doesn’t offer as many significant effects in terms of buttock sculpting.

If you’re wondering whether vacuum therapy is right for you, this article will help you learn more about the procedure so you can discuss your options with a board certified provider. Read on.

What is vacuum therapy?

Vacuum therapy is a noninvasive massaging technique that helps to lift your skin via a mechanical device equipped with suction cups.

While it originally entered the market during the 1970s as a way to help treat burn scars, this treatment has evolved into a nonsurgical butt lift method. 

 have also looked into the therapy as a way to close up skin ulcers.

Vacuum therapy is also known as vacuotherapy and depressomassage. Aside from purportedly offering similar effects to those of a surgical butt lift, the procedure is also sometimes used to mimic a traditional breast lift.

Certain forms of vacuum therapy are also used for the treatment of cellulite.

One such therapy is known as Endermologie, which was the first FDA-approved treatment of its kind. It works by reducing swelling in the affected skin to help decrease the look of cellulite dimples. However, Endermologie doesn’t have the same lifting effects that traditional vacuum therapy is said to have.

Does vacuum therapy work to lift and sculpt the buttocks?

At its core, vacuum therapy offers deep massaging effects. The procedure may work for buttock toning by:

• decreasing muscle tension
• increasing lymphatic flow to remove toxins and water retention
• exfoliating the skin, thereby making it smoother and more toned in appearance
• stimulating the middle layers of skin for increased toning effects
• decreasing the appearance of cellulite

When performed for several sessions on a weekly basis, you may notice that your skin is tighter and more toned. This can provide the appearance of a butt lift.

There’s very little scientific literature to support vacuum therapy as a viable alternative to a surgical butt lift. Some experts have even suggested that the effects are minimal and temporary at best.

Sometimes the procedure is recommended as a follow-up to more invasive surgeries, including liposuction.

Results aren’t permanent.

Once you stop going for vacuum therapy treatments, your skin will likely go back to the way it was before. If you’re looking for more permanent results, you may consider talking to your doctor about surgery instead. They can help determine if you’re a candidate for more invasive procedures.

Surgical treatment options can include:

• fat transfers, via the Brazilian butt lift
• butt implants
• Cellfina, a type of cellulite treatment
• liposuction

Is vacuum therapy safe?

Vacuum therapy is a noninvasive procedure, so you can expect few to no side effects. However, you may feel slight pain and tightness after the procedure.

Mild swelling can also occur.

COST

BRAZILLIAN BUTT LIFT

1 SESSION $199 INCLUDES VACUUM & CELLULITE THERAPY FOR BUTT + HIPS + LOWER BACK

4 SESSION PACKAGE $$700