These categories are determined by general ratios between your waist, hips, and thighs.
Still, knowing what kind of butt you have could be helpful in terms of helping you pick jeans or underwear.
So, without further ado, here are the main butt types, as categorized by plastic and cosmetic surgeons.
Round, bubble, or O-shaped
This butt shape is the result of full hips and fat distribution around the butt cheeks, including the upper parts. This creates a curvy, rounded butt look from behind.
When picking underwear, you’ll want to look for ones with extra fabric at the back so you get full coverage and minimize potential wedgies. Tangas and thongs should work well.
High-rise, bootcut denim jeans with no hand sanding or distressing will look great on you.
Heart or A-shaped
If you have a tapered waistline and fat distributed in the lower part of your butt or thighs, you probably have an A-shaped butt.
From behind, the shape of your hips and butt cheeks gives the illusion of an inverted heart shape.
This butt shape is common if you have a more “pear-shaped” body.
You’ll probably find underwear with high-cut legs or larger leg holes more comfortable, such as high-cut panties, tangas, or bikinis.
Look for mid-rise, curvy jeans in stretchy denim fabric to minimize gaping at the waistline.
You’ll find underwear without high-cut leg holes — such as hipsters, briefs, and boy shorts — more comfortable, because they provide more coverage for your butt cheeks.
Your butt will look great in jeans with fuller pockets lower on the back or with fading on the bottom.
Stretch-fit jeans will also be a good choice so your bum doesn’t get flattened out by thicker, rigid denim.
Some people with this shape have prominent, high hip bones, “hip dips,” or a layer of fat on their flanks (or what some call the “love handles” area).
If this is you, you’ll probably want to avoid underwear that rides up high and opt instead for boy shorts, bikinis, or thongs.
You’ll probably want to skip low-rise jeans, too, because higher-waisted pants might be a more comfortable fit.
There are several factors that determine your butt shape.
Your skeletal and muscle structure plays a big part, including the:
- position of your hip bones and pelvis
- size of your gluteal muscles
- way your butt muscles attach to your thigh bones
Your genetics determine your bone structure and how your body distributes fat.
“People hold fat differently in their bodies per genetics,” Bachilo says. “Some hold their body fat in their hips and glutes, some in their thighs, and others more around their midsections.”
In addition, she says, hormones, weight, and age also factor into the shape of our butts.
“With aging and hormonal changes, especially after menopause, fat distribution changes,” she explains. “More fat gets deposited around midsections as opposed to hips and butts.”
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