Can You Sleep on Your Stomach with Breast Implants?

Post-operative questions ar beest discussed with your Operating Surgeon. In our Practice- we encourage patients to sleep on their back slightly elevated to facilitate a safe and optimal immediate post-op period. 

Breast augmentation usually means having an implant under your breasts! Proper care should be given to them during the healing period and afterwards to maintain good aesthetic results. Although sleeping on your breasts even without implants can cause deterioration of their shape in the long term, some cannot do without it. In general I recommend my breast augmentation patients to sleep on their back (supine position) for 6 weeks post surgery after which they can sleep sideways provided no force is applied on the implants. You are allowed to sleep on your breasts (prone) after 3 months however I usually recommend this at its best only after 9-12 months post surgery.
Hope this helps,
Ali Rıza Öreroğlu, MD FEBOPRASEuropean and Turkish Board Certified Aesthetic, Plastic and Reconstructive SurgeonIstanbul, Turkey

Speak with your surgeon about their specific recommendations, but I recommend that my patients avoid sleeping on their stomach for the first 6-8 weeks after surgery. I want the tissues around their implants to heal completely, so that the implant is held in place and doesn't shift.