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This recovery is difficult. You have a couple of options. You can sleep on your sides or place pillows underneath your thighs and lower back. Ask your plastic surgeon what he or she recommends. Find a plastic surgeon with ELITE credentials who performs hundreds of Brazilian buttlifts and tummy tucks each year. Then look at the plastic surgeon's website of before and after photo galleries to get a sense of who can deliver the results.Kenneth Hughes, MD, Board Certified Plastic SurgeonLos Angeles, CA
After a Brazilian butt lift, it is ideal not to put too much pressure on your buttocks. In that respect, sleeping in a prone position is optimal. A tummy tuck, however, can leave you with a pretty tight feeling abdomen, making this not possible. I would recommend sleeping on your sides with some flexion at your hips. Make sure your bedding is quite soft, and I would rotate back and forth between laying on your right and left sides. The worst position immediately following fat transfer to the buttocks is sitting. If you have to sit, do it for limited amounts of time with adequate padding. As far as positions in general, this would be the order of my preference:Standing or Laying on Stomach > Laying on Sides > Laying on Buttocks > Sitting on Buttocks
Glad to hear that all went well with your procedure. More often than not, patients post op tummy tuck feel that they get the sensation of fullness with less intake than preop. Also it is common that the medications for pain relief can have the side effect of nausea which makes people shy of ...
Doubt that fall caused damage to your TT but 15 years have passed and hernias, muscle laxity with natural aging can occur. I recommend you see anASPS surgeon or general surgeon to evaluate a possible hernia.
The most important asset to have following a tummy tuck and BBL is a dedicated family member or friend to help you in and out of bed and to help you navigate to and from the bathroom. You will probably need this assistance for at least 2 to 3 days following the procedure. A walker or cane c...
