When Can You Sleep on Your Tummy After Lipo?

Question

I am Day 7 and do not normally sleep on my back. I usually sleep on my tummy. I only had lower abs done, with about 150-200 cc removed.

Gerald Minniti, MD, FACS · Answer

Hello,

	Unless there was also some sort of 'tuck' performed on the abdomen, or there was also some other procedure, lying front side down (on your tummy) should not pose any problem whatsoever after suction lipectomy of the abdomen.

	Best of luck.

Kenneth Hughes, MD · Answer

I allow my patients to sleep on their stomachs after liposuction as soon as they want, but your plastic surgeon may have another idea about this.  Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA

Thomas Fiala, MD, FACS, FRCSC · Answer

Answer:  as soon as you are comfortable.  Try sleeping on your side first, use pillows to pad things as you need to, then progress to your normal sleeping position.

Jeffrey Weinzweig, MD, FACS · Answer

If you are wearing a compression garment you should be ok to sleep on your stomach. As long as it feels comfortable to you it will cause no problems.

Jourdan Gottlieb, MD · Answer

First of all, this question should be addressed to your surgeon, who knows what was done and has followed your recovery. 

	Saying that, if you are wearing your compression garment, you should be able to sleep in any comfortable position.

	All the best.

When Can You Sleep on Your Tummy After Lipo?

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