Have you been able to train yourself to sleep on your back instead of on your side?

[Forever20Plus3]

I've been told that it can break down collagen if you sleep on one side, so I'm trying to get used to sleeping on my back. What about you ladies?

[kimm4]

I've always slept on my back. It's the only way I can sleep. As for the collagen I have no idea about that.

[HaydeeDjinn]

Never been able to sleep on my back.
I wish I could, I would be able to use my novadreamer again.

[LunaLifts]

I don't know about the collagen thing, but my right shoulder does have off days because I sleep on that side, and my mattress is chit. Mostly it's the mattress, bad support will screw you no matter how you sleep. Plenty of people are side sleepers though, and are just fine.

[spradish]

I have never heard of that about collagen.

I sleep on my side. Before I lost weight, I slept on my back quite a bit because I had to wear a CPAP mask and when I turned on my side I'd get a gap between my skin and mask, which would make air start hissing out. I do not miss those days. But anyway, I sleep on my side now.

I remember when I was pregnant and it seemed like the doctor's answer for every ache and pain was "drink a glass of water and lie on your left side."

[WillBrink]

I've been told that it can break down collagen if you sleep on one side, so I'm trying to get used to sleeping on my back. What about you ladies?

Source? It's BS is my guess.

[BrotherWolf]

I had to train myself because of recurring shoulder injuries .. i guess it's easy to do when sleeping on your side cases you pain

[LisaSkinnoble]

Probably false. Collagen breakdown is just a normal part of the aging process. So is the loss of hyaluronic acid in our faces.

I do try to sleep on my back though, because if I sleep on my side I will wake in the morning with those sleepy wrinkles on my face. Sleeping on my back keeps my skincare products on my skin and not on my pillowcase, and if I'm just ever so elevated, I awake less puffy too.

But, try as I may, I flop around from one side to the other.

[Cass40]

Well you seem to have lovely skin in your pic Lisa.

Unfortunately, I cannot sleep on my back. I sleep mostly on my tummy. However, I don't think sleeping on my back would help a lot considering the sun damage that is impossible to avoid here.

[euco09]

I wish I could sleep on my back but I just can't get to sleep unless I'm super tired!

[fit5128]

I always sleep on my back. However I cannot sleep on my stomach, I have the feeling somebody is going to stab me in the back lol

[LisaSkinnoble]

Well you seem to have lovely skin in your pic Lisa.

Unfortunately, I cannot sleep on my back. I sleep mostly on my tummy. However, I don't think sleeping on my back would help a lot considering the sun damage that is impossible to avoid here.

You're too kind!

Keep that SPF on, Cass. When you're old like me, you'll be glad you did. A lot of people don't like the lotion-type SPF as it can be sticky or leave a white cast over the skin. But there are powder forms too that you might like.

[TrotonKat]

Yes you can change the way you sleep, when I had a boob job I had to learn to sleep on my back, now I can sleep on either side, back or tummy