Why hip lines collapse and how to restore them

NB Body Design Story

With age, or after dieting — there are reasons hips drop and the line gives way.

01 · Cause — volume loss at the upper hip

A sagging hip isn't about the bottom stretching

The main reason a hip line gives way is a loss of volume at the upper hip — the lift point. When the upper hip sinks, the whole hip reads as having dropped, and seen from the side the waist-to-hip curve disappears.

02 · The hip dip is the key point

A sunken hip dip breaks the line

When the hip dip — the hollow at the side of the hip — sinks, waist, hip and thigh no longer connect as one flow. Restoring volume there with autologous fat grafting reconnects the broken line naturally.

03 · How it is corrected

Restoring a hip line is a matter of design

Correcting a hip line is not simply a matter of adding volume. It needs a plan that accounts for the whole connecting line of waist, hip and thigh. NB's Apple Hip Shaping plans hip-dip fat grafting and hip-to-thigh refinement together.

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