Surgical recovery pillow

A surgical recovery pillow for facilitating healing of a user after facial and neck surgical procedures by avoiding pressure on portions of the user's face, the surgical recovery pillow comprising:

• a pillow body having an outside edge around a perimeter of the pillow body;
• at least one cutout that is:
• formed at a top surface of the pillow body and extending from the top surface towards a bottom surface of the pillow body;
• the at least one cutout defining a proximate side and a bottom side, the proximate side and bottom side meeting at a vertex with the bottom side extending away from the proximate side towards an outside edge of the pillow body at an angle from a bottom edge of the pillow body;
• and
• the at least one cutout further defining a top lobe and a side lobe with a support portion of the pillow body extending in between the top lobe and the side lobe, the top lobe having a position corresponding to an ear of the user, the side lobe having a position corresponding to an eye of the user, and the support portion having a position corresponding to a temple of the user, between the ear and eye of the user.

A surgical recovery pillow, comprising:

• a pillow body formed of a resilient foam material having a top surface and a perimeter including side edges;
• and
• a pair of cutouts formed in the top surface of the pillow body which are positioned symmetrically at the top surface of the pillow body, each cutout having a main portion, a top lobe, and a side lobe, the top lobe configured to correspond with a user's ear, the side lobe configured to correspond with an eye of the user, and the main portion configured to correspond with a cheek and upper neck of the user;
• wherein each of the cutouts is defined in part by a respective proximate side and a respective bottom side, the proximate side of each cutout being substantially in line with a direction in which the user lays with respect to the surgical recovery pillow, and the bottom side meeting the proximate side at a vertex at a portion of the cutout closest to a bottom side edge of the pillow body, the bottom side extending away from the vertex at an angle from the bottom side edge;
• and
• each of the cutouts being further defined by a support portion of the pillow body that extends into each respective cutout between the top lobe and side lobe of each respective cutout, and which is positioned to correspond with a temple of the user.