I noticed this blackish spot lifted my breast to examine it and it popped and looked like puss mixed with blood then just blood ...it's along the vertical mastopexy scar...should I be concerned ?
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It is quite normal for the scar to be placed in this area. This will settle with time and improve. The scar does not always need to be in the breast fold.
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Stephen Salerno
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The inverted T under a mastopexy is the path of least resistance for any fluid trapped inside a mastopexy cavity. It is a conjunction of three points and it is dependent, therefore if there is any fluid within the body of a mastopexy, it normally comes out at this point. A seroma is...
