The indentation between the hip bone and the thigh, sometimes called a hip dip or a trochanteric depression, is where the skin is tethered down over the bone. It is a skeletal proportion, not a sign of being overweight, and it does not respond to exercise or to diet. Surgery fills it, usually with the patient's own fat transferred from elsewhere, occasionally with an implant. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons publishes no average cost for hip dip filling specifically.
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The nearest published reference
The operation used is fat grafting, the same technique ASPS prices when it is directed at the buttock. Its published average for buttock augmentation with fat grafting is $7,264, a surgeon fee that excludes anesthesia, operating room facilities and other related expenses, and the fat has to be harvested by liposuction first, for which the published average is $4,711. Neither figure is a quote for hip filling, and both are given here only so that a practice's number can be judged against the cost of the technique it uses.
Why results are harder to hold here
Transferred fat needs a blood supply to survive, and the proportion that takes is never all of it. Over the tethered area at the hip the skin is held down by fibrous attachments, which both limits how much volume can be placed and tends to pull the contour back. More than one session is common, and whether later sessions are included in the original price is a question to settle in writing before the first one.
What to establish before booking
Whether you have enough donor fat at all, because a slim patient may not. Whether the surgeon proposes fat or an implant, since implants carry a different risk profile including infection and displacement. How many sessions the quoted price covers. Who performs the liposuction half. And whether the surgeon holds certification from the American Board of Plastic Surgery, which is the baseline check for any of this.
Questions people ask about hip dip surgery
How much does hip dip surgery cost?
ASPS publishes no average for it. The nearest published reference is fat grafting to the buttock at $7,264, a surgeon fee only.
Can exercise get rid of hip dips?
No. The depression is created by the shape of the pelvis and the tethering of skin over it, not by fat that can be trained off.
Will one session be enough?
Often not. Some transferred fat does not survive, and a second session is common. Ask whether the price quoted covers it.
Is fat or an implant better?
They carry different risks. Fat can partly resorb; implants can become infected or displace. This is a decision for examination, not a price comparison.