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I had a mini tummy tuck/float and lipo 10 days ago. Closed drain site reopened and bleeding? Is this normal? (photo)

June 26, 2017
Asked By:tigi77 in Europe

They took my drain out 6 days ago and the hole closed. Lastnight I came out the shower and it had started to bleed dark watery blood. It's still bleeding now. I don't have anything that looks like a seroma. I'm actually healing well And my incision scar is fine. I'm going to the drs today to get it checked. I'm panicking reading all the stories on here about infections ect.

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