Will Sleeping Upright Help my Breasts Drop?

Sleeping upright for the first few days after surgery will help decrease some of the swelling, but will not make the implants "drop" faster.  You can sleep on your side after about a week or so but should avoid stomach sleeping for a few months.  The implants will settle or "drop" naturally over time provided your surgeon created an adequate pocket or space for the implants.  This whole process may take up to three months for the implants to soften and settle into their  final natural position/shape.

Please speak with your board certified plastic surgeon for more detailed information.

Best wishes,

Dr. Bruno

I believe sleeping upright has no merit on helping implants to settle.  In my humble opinion I believe that when you place all implants that when I leave the OR the final shape should have been obtained.  I will say in my experience that saline implants will "ride high and settle" over time but silicone implants do not.  There is a smaller margin for error with silicone implants.

Dr. ES

I'm sure you are anxious to see your implants 'drop' into their intended position- this takes time, sometimes a few weeks to occur. Since you had a dual-plane breast augmentation, your inferior pectoral attachments were completely divided- this means what is holding your implants 'up high' is the pressure of your pectoral muscles. Once the pecs relax over the implant, they will drop into the lowest position of the implant pocket- which is defined by the infra-mammary fold in your case. The 'pec strap' bras help with implant positioning (in my opinion), but time and gravity will do the work !!