I noticed pain in my lower abdominal area just below my incision near the mons. I could feel a small knot that was tender to the touch. Today it is painful & is the size of two golf balls. You can visually see the lump underneath & my lower abdomen is swollen. It is also bright pink in the area of the lump. It is hard and painful to the touch. I am three months post op of an extended tummy tuck.
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Thank you for your question.In my own practice we provide a compression binder for our post operative patients. Many surgeons do the same.Generally I have my patients go into Spanx at about the second week. I wish I had invented Spanx.I like my patients to have even and gentle compression from...
There are not perfect sutures. The ones today are much better than the silk and catgut of the 1960s. The modern sutures include many absorbing ones. Most people tolerate these well. At times the body rejects them, especially if they are near the skin which often is the case in plastic...
