What is a face-down pillow?

Two modules: an open head cradle and a sliding chest riser joined with hook-and-loop. The face sits in the cradle. The ribcage sits on the riser, not flat on the mattress.

How do I keep my face toward the floor if a surgeon asked for that?

Moorfields Eye Hospital: face-down means the nose points at the floor — sitting at a table with the head on a cushion, or lying prone into a face-down pillow. Use both modules on the bed. Take the head module to a desk. Follow the hours your surgeon set.

Why not a stack of bed pillows?

Folded pillows flatten the chest and close the space under the face. This cradle stays open. The riser slides and locks, so you are not restacking the bed every hour.

Is this a BBL pillow?

The listing names face-down rest after BBL or eye surgery. The BBL use is the same prone shape: chest on the riser, face in the cradle. This page does not treat BBL as a surgical result to protect.

How to

How to sleep face-down after eye surgery

Face-down rest is a shape: the head cradle on the bed or at a desk, with a chest riser so the low back does not drop.

Grey two-module face-down pillow: circular head cradle on a cutout base, with a sliding T-shaped chest riser. Insets show the washable face cover, prone on a bed, and seated at a table.

Grey head cradle on a base with a front arch; blue arrows mark airflow through the open face and the center channel.

Top view of the grey U-shaped head cradle labeled 11 by 11 inches with a 6.3-inch-wide center cutout, next to a person wearing a hard eye shield.

Three scenes: seated at a table looking through the cradle at a phone, seated at a desk, and lying prone on a bed with the chest riser under the torso.

Overhead pair: chest riser slid far from the head cradle for a longer torso, and slid close for a shorter torso, with a hook-and-loop track inset.

Head module at a desk by day; both modules on the bed at night.
The chest riser takes the ribcage so the low back is not hyperextended.
Hours of face-down rest come from your surgeon, not from this pillow.

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Modules	Head cradle + sliding chest riser
Head module	About 11 × 11 in (listing-image label)
Face cutout	6.3 in wide (listing-image label: hard eye covers)
ASIN	B0H33C1H4S

How it is designed

Two modules hold a face-down rest: an open head cradle and a sliding chest riser on a hook-and-loop track.

The listing image labels the head module about 11 × 11 in, with a 6.3 in cutout marked for hard eye covers. Side arches let the arms run through.

Why this shape

Folded bed pillows flatten the chest and close the space under the face.

This cradle stays open. The riser holds the ribcage up so you are not rebuilding the stack every hour. Hours of face-down rest come from your surgeon, not from this pillow.

What to skip

If a vitreoretinal surgeon prescribed face-down rest, follow the hours they set. This pillow does not set your hours.
Face-down means the nose points at the floor (Moorfields). Do not lift the head during the prescribed minutes.

Questions people ask

What is a face-down pillow?: Two modules: an open head cradle and a sliding chest riser joined with hook-and-loop. The face sits in the cradle. The ribcage sits on the riser, not flat on the mattress.
How do I keep my face toward the floor if a surgeon asked for that?: Moorfields Eye Hospital: face-down means the nose points at the floor — sitting at a table with the head on a cushion, or lying prone into a face-down pillow. Use both modules on the bed. Take the head module to a desk. Follow the hours your surgeon set.
Why not a stack of bed pillows?: Folded pillows flatten the chest and close the space under the face. This cradle stays open. The riser slides and locks, so you are not restacking the bed every hour.
Is this a BBL pillow?: The listing names face-down rest after BBL or eye surgery. The BBL use is the same prone shape: chest on the riser, face in the cradle. This page does not treat BBL as a surgical result to protect.

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