It is recommended that gluteal implant surgery should not be performed in the following cases:
- Patients who have active infections anywhere in the body.
- Patients with uncontrolled diabetes due to a greater risk of infection and healing problems.
- Obese patients should not receive gluteal augmentation due to the higher-than-average risk of developing seromas that their weight may entail. Obesity increases the shear force (or positional stress) in the gluteal region, making the collection of fluids during recovery more likely.
- Patients who show tissue characteristics clinically incompatible with gluteoplasty, such as tissue damage resulting from radiation, inadequate tissue, compromised vascularity or ulceration.
- Patients with any condition – or treatment – determined by the surgeon to constitute an unjustifiable surgical risk (e.g., unstable cardiovascular disease, coagulopathies, chronic pulmonary problems, etc.)