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Bulging Around Tummy After Breast Augmentation
day 5 after my breast augmentation operation and I still have a bulging tummy full of fluid
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Distended after breast augmentation
Thanks for the question.
From your description, it is likely that you're constipated secondary to narcotic use with associated distention. My recommendation is ambulation, plenty of fluids, and a stool softener (eg colace).
Best of luck,
Glenn Vallecillos, M.D., F.A.C.S.
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Abdominal Fluid Collection after Breast Augmentation
It seems that your bulging fluid filled tummy may be due to constipation. This is not uncommon after general anesthesia and use of narcotics. A simple laxative/stool softener should cure this.
If your surgeon performed your augmentation through your belly button (TUBA), you may indeed have a fluid collection in the soft tissues of the abdomen that needs to be addressed.
Please maintain close followup with your plastic surgeon to ensure a safe...
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Bulging tummy after bresat augmentation
I have to say that abdominal swelling is not a common finding after breast augmentaiton. If you are taking a fair amount of narcotics such as Percocet or Vicodin, then you may be bloated. Otherwise, you really shouldn't have swelling to your abdomen after this type of procedure.
Best to check with your Plastic Surgeon to make sure that everything is okay.
I hope that helps!
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Bulging of tummy after breast augmentation
This is extremely common and will last for 7-10 days. It is attributable to edema and general bowel distention from the narcotic analgesics. Amubulation and lazatives may help.
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Tummy swollen after breast augmentation
It is unusual to have swelling in the abdomen after a breast augmentation unless you had surgery on your abdomen as well or had a TUBA. Follow with yoru doctor.
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More details on this please
As Dr. Aldea asked, please send more details because a breast augmentation done any other way than a TUBA cannot make fluid collections on your abdomen. If you had a TUBA go back to your doctor for and exam and maybe drainage of the fluid.
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Tummy Bulging after Breast Augmentation
Your question is rather short on details.
The only reason why there may be fluid accumulation in the abdomen after a Breast Augmentation is if you had undergone a TUBA procedue - through the navel augmentation. In this procedure, two tunnels are created by pushing a blunt rod under the tummy skin to and over the ribs andunder the breasts. Implant pockets are then created by a combination of using a curved rod to pull the tissues apart and by expanding a temporary implant and pushing it...
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This is EXTREMELY common for anyone and everyone undergoing surgery in general due to a mix of the General Anesthesia, Steroids injected during surgery, pain medications and antibiotics there is no way to NOT be bloated and constipated. As a matter of fact I have had 3 surgeries in the past 3 years and each surgery gave me a brand new little patch of grey hair I didn't have before. You most likely will have a lot of hair loss as well but that corrects itself soon enough (try Nioxin Shampoo to make it stop. Folic Acid keeps your hair from going grey so dose up the months prior to surgery if you can but stop the few weeks prior. The majority of the difficulty you actually go through after surgery comes from the General Anesthesia, you won't be yourself you a couple weeks. Oh and your skin gets all drab as well. All normal!!!! Obvious many doctors don't actually ever have surgery on themselves very often therefore don't know that this is common. It's like a man telling you how you should feel after childbirth, only to be gotten from a textbook you know!!!