Would sleeping on my side cause symmastia? (photo)

No, sleeping on your side shouldn't cause symmastia. If you are concerned about developing symmastia, please see your surgeon for a better assessment. 

Symmastia is a condition which can occur when the implants are too close together. Patients often refer to this as a “uniboob.” This can occur for the same reasons as displacement noted above, but in this case the pocket(s) is/are too far towards the center.Correction of this problem may involve using different implants such as textured, a smaller size, or a smaller base and placing the implants in a new pocket. On occasion, this may require surgery in more than one stage to allow the tissues to heal and then place the implants. If the implants have been placed above the muscle, converting them under the muscle frequently will help and, again, the use of a dermal substitute may be required for additional support if the tissues are thin. The techniques of capsulorrhaphy and neopectoral pockets may apply here as well.

Your breasts look great and should not be affected by sleeping position. You might have worried about sleeping position earlier in the post op course but no need to worry now.

It is unlikely. You need to discuss this with your PS, however. Their opinion on the matter is the only one that matters - every PS has a different opinion on post-op routines/positioning, etc.Best,

Sleeping in different positions should not impact the development of symmastia. More commonly this occurs with implants in a subglandular pocket.

Generally speaking, side sleeping will not lead to “symmastia". Given your concerns, best to address your questions etc. to your plastic surgeon who knows your situation best and is ultimately responsible for your care. Best wishes.

First of all, looking at your photos, you don't look to me like you have symmastia. The photos you submitted are not the best (no offense!) so there's only so much I can see. Symmastia is basically a communication between the pockets of your two implants and that does not appear to be the case.For symmastia to occur with an under-the-muscle implant, the central (sternal) attachment of your pectoralis muscle would need to become disrupted. With implants placed over your muscle the reasons are very different. There's no question that putting strong forces on your implant while the pocket is healing can affect the dimensions of the pocket. It's just very difficult to disrupt the central muscle attachment this way, unless this area is somehow weakened during surgery.Good Luck...Dr. Newman

your pix look good and at this point you should be safe sleeping on your side. check in with your surgeon for specific post op recommendations he prefers his patients follow.

It is very true that before the first 3 to 4 weeks you should not be sleeping on your sides because you can move the implant to the upper pole of breast and the new inferior fold created can close before the time that the implant locates in the inferior pole of breast as it should. Symmastia could be a problem of deformity by congential malformation or a mistake creating the pocket in the sternum line avoing the space that shopuld exist between bpth breast , you do not show any sing of symmanstia the space between breast is very adequate and the apparence of your implants are great . Ask to your doctor if you are able already to sleep in this position

Thanks for the question. Symmastia is a surgically created problem following a breast augmentation, and is usually evident early after surgery, in most cases. The good news for you is that at least from the photos that you are showing it doesn't appear that you have this. Follow up with your Plastic Surgeon to be sure about this, however. Resting position should have nothing to do with the development of symmastia.Good luck to you.Frank Rieger M.D. Tampa Plastic Surgeon