After a mommy makeover when you can sleep on your back?

I appreciate your question.

I advise my Mommy Makeover patients  to sleep on their back with their chest elevated ( 2-3 pillows) for 1-2 weeks depending on how they are healing.  Since each surgeon has their own post op protocol, best to discuss with yours what he/she recommends for you since your surgeon is most familiar with your medical history and how you are healing.



The best way to assess and give
true advice would be an in-person exam.

Please see a board-certified
plastic surgeon that specializes in aesthetic and restorative plastic surgery.



best of luck!



Dr Schwartz

Hello,
thank you for your question. It is not unusual for patients to have difficulty
sleeping on their back after surgery. For this reason, they are often eager to
return to side or abdomen sleeping. Unfortunately after mommy makeover surgery,
we feel it’s important to keep the abdomen flexed for one to two weeks after surgery.


We
generally recommend that patients sleep in a recliner chair for one to two
weeks following mommy makeover surgery. Although patients may stay flexed while
sleeping on their sides, they sometimes turn and extend their backs reflexedly
in addition, side sleeping can cause displacement of breast implants following
breast augmentation. These problems don’t occur in a recliner chair or also it
is recommended to use pillows as well. However, each surgeon has their own
protocol, it is important you discuss them with him/her. Wish you best of luck.