How long until you can sit on your butt after a Brazilian butt lift?

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How soon can you sit and go back to work after a BBL. What is the average recovery time?

Carolina Restrepo, MD · Answer

Thank you for your question. Most surgeons recommend to wait at least a couple of weeks to sit after your BBL surgery.  Every surgeon will have his/her own preferences as to recovery for specific procedures. Postoperatively, no specific position is indicated to my patients and we do not have any sitting restrictions.  The pressure caused by sitting is not sufficient to affect viability of the fat cells and so the postsurgical position depends basically on comfort and any other operations that have been performed.

Jaime S. Schwartz, MD, FACS · Answer

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.

Kenneth Hughes, MD · Answer

The answer will vary depending upon the plastic surgeon who performs your BBL. I recommend that my patients minimize sitting, even with a pillow, for the first two weeks.  If they must sit, every 30 minutes or an hour, they should get up and stand for a few seconds to take the pressure off.   This reduces the chance for fat necrosis.  As long as pressure is not placed upon the buttocks or hips, any pillow can be used. After 6 weeks the fat has revascularized, and they will have a very good idea of their final results.  Most of my patients take off from work for 7 to 10 days. Anything earlier is probably pushing the limit, but some of my patients have returned to light work after 5 days.Kenneth Hughes, MD, Board Certified Plastic SurgeonLos Angeles, CA

Tania Medina de Garcia, MD · Answer

Hello dear!!
Thanks for the question.
To sit directly on your butt the time recommended it's 3 to 4 weeks after surgery. But always ask your plastic surgeon because all doctors instructions are different.
Hope this could help and good luck :)

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