Would you ever intentionally get fatter to look better?

unicorn · October 2

I have a friend who seemed to gain a paunch during 2020/early 2021, and I remember thinking "Oh, too bad. But he's still such a nice guy, maybe it doesn't matter for him." I quietly noticed that he lost the weight over the following year, and thought "Good for him. He went back to his pre-pandemic weight." Well, we had him over for dinner the other night, and he asked if I'd lost weight recently. I said "Maybe a bit, but you sure did a great job losing the weight you gained during the pandemic!". Then he said something I didn't expect: "Oh, I did that intentionally so I could get a BBL."

"What's that?" I asked, and he and my husband replied simultaneously "Brazilian Butt Lift"! Apparently, there are people who intentionally gain fat, so that they can get the fat injected in their gluteal regions! I must say, I never noticed his ass before. I probably won't have another pool party until next summer, so I'll have to check it out then. I've never heard of this before. Have any of you previously heard of others (or yourself) who gained weight in order to have the fat transferred to their buttocks? Even by LA standards, that seems pretty extreme. He said he saw a celebrity leave right before he had the BBL performed on him.