5 years post BBL surgery - will low circulation due to sleeping on my back alter results this far out?

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5years post op, would sleeping on your back and waking up with numb legs and bum affect surgery results years after?

Semih Yildiz, MD, FEBOPRAS · Answer

At 5 years after a BBL, sleeping on your back should not meaningfully change the surgical result. The transferred fat that survived the early healing period is generally stable, and normal sleeping pressure years later should not make the result disappear or shift.

Waking with numbness in the legs or buttocks is more likely related to temporary pressure on nerves or circulation from position, mattress firmness, or a spine/nerve issue rather than the BBL itself. Try changing positions, using pillows to reduce pressure, and avoiding long periods in one position. If the numbness is frequent, lasts after you get up, or concerns you, it is worth discussing with your treating surgeon or primary physician. Seek prompt evaluation if it is one-sided, comes with weakness, significant pain, swelling, color change, or bowel/bladder symptoms.

Daniel Barrett, MD · Answer

Dear court81,
5 years after surgery your results are final so you should be able to sleep on your back. 
Daniel Barrett, MD
Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Peter Andolina, DO · Answer

In response to your question, my answer is no. This far out from your surgery, the whatever fat that has been transferred or grafted to your buttocks has taken. The only things that would alter any sort of result at this time would be fluctuations in your weight.

Mats Hagstrom, MD (license on probation) · Answer

Your results were more or less determined at six months and do not change and then on.
Your sleep position at it this point irrelevant regarding your results which have been permanent for quite some time.
Best,
Mats Hagstrom Md

5 years post BBL surgery - will low circulation due to sleeping on my back alter results this far out?

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