How Soon After a Bbl Can You Sit? What About if You Have a Tt How Do You Sleep?

This conundrum is something that is easily managed with multiple position changes through your night.  As an abdominoplasty patient, we usually want you in what’s called a “Williams position,” with your knees elevated and the head of your bed up, but that puts a little extra pressure on your sacral and buttock region. The answer to the patient who wants a simultaneous Brazilian butt lift and a tummy tuck (a procedure I perform quite commonly in my practice) is to have you lie on your side to side and within 5 to 7 days you are able to lie flat on your tummy once your abdominal wall is more comfortable.  I usually have my patients limit sitting to less than 2 hours in a row so I let patients ambulate throughout their house, drive in their car in a few days and ride in the car in the back seat with them lying on their side.  The arm lift procedure is probably not going to be a significant consideration but certainly in my practice would be a source of Vaser harvested autologous fat cells prior to resection of the arm lift specimen.  The likelihood is that this will give you the more substantial volume enhancement in your buttock region by first harvesting both the low abdomen and the arms as a great source of stem cells and fat cells prior to transfer.  I hope this helps.

You should wait at least 2 weeks before sitting without a support cushion and sleeping on your back. Sitting with no support too soon can harm the newly moved fat cells.You need to avoid putting pressure directly on your buttocks for at least 2 weeks, so sleeping on your sides and front is best.

In combined procedures it is sometimes hard to do everything required for either procedure.  Autologous fat transfer survival is compromised when under pressure, so for several weeks avoid as much pressure as possible.  Obviously all pressure cannot be avoided.

    The answer to this depends upon how the Brazilian buttlift is performed.  If fat is transferred to the superior portion of the buttock, then pressure to this portion of the buttock should be avoided for several weeks.  If fat is injected to the inferior portion of the buttock, then this area should be avoided.  If it is injected to both, both areas should be avoided.

Hello dear!!
Thanks for the question and provided information as well.
Each doctor has their own protocol It is very important that you talk to him about your concerns and goals. I recommend my patients not to sit for more than 30 mins. every two hours, for the first 2 weeks, and always with the help of a boppy pillow. You can adopt the position that best suits you and in which you feel most comfortable, preferably on your stomach. It helps to use several pillows to accommodate yourself. If you have any concerns, I suggest you to follow up close with your plastic surgeon.
Hope this is helpful. Good luck :) 

The protocol each surgeon uses is different based on their experience and technique. However, in general, 3 weeks is my time line. But even after that I ask patients to try to minimize pressure for 6 weeks to improve cell viability. From the moment the fat transfer is accomplished there is a race between fat death and new blood flow to transferred fat. It is every surgeons and patients goal to do whatever they can to maximize the take of fat. Part of every protocol is to seek ways to relieve pressure by constantly changing positions. Speak with your plastic surgeon about his/her specific protocol.

I think your concerns are legitamate. The only position you can rest is actually in a lateral position and even that will be sore

Fat transfer do not like early pressure on .
So minimize pressure on breasts when done until results are stable, in 3 weeks time. No exercise, no diet, and of course sleeping on the stomach will make compression on the abdomen and potentially compromise vascularization of tissue for the first 2 weeks after surgery.
So it is wise to sleep on the back.
Few sacrifices in order to help results to come through.

Every surgeon has a different protocol for the post-operative healing phase.  Generally, it is best not to apply any pressure to the areas of fat transfer on your buttock after your Brazilian Butt lift for several weeks.  Most patients find it easiest to sleep on their belly, obviously you won't be able to do this if a tummy tuck is performed at the same time.  You might have to sleep on your side, unless fat was also transferred to your hips.  Ask your surgeon how you are going to get comfortable.