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The number of massive weight loss (MWL) patients is increasing worldwide. Body contouring is essential to improve these patients’ quality of life1 and long-term weight control.2 Circumferential body lift (CBL) is currently the gold standard procedure to correct excess abdominal and dorsal skin.3 However, a major disadvantage of CBL is flattening of the buttocks. Buttock flaps and lipofilling have been used to correct the decrease in buttock projection seen after MWL.4-6 However, the results are disappointing for many MWL patients. For such patients, use of gluteal implants seems to be a better method for restoring buttock contours.7 The combined CBL-gluteal implantation technique has rarely been reported8-10 and remains controversial. Here, we detail this combined technique in a step-by-step manner and describe the results of the procedure in one of our patients.