Tummy Tuck: Stories

Write a Review

26 Years Old, Full Tummy Tuck - Drainage Fluid Still Red After 18 Days

OftenScandy
posted 3 years ago
updated 3 years ago

Not Sure
Cost: $5,000
Colombia

I lost 110 pounds through diet and exercise and...

21 Dec 2009

I lost 110 pounds through diet and exercise and was left with a large "apron" of hanging skin and fat on my stomach. I went through with the tummy tuck because I thought I deserved to feel thin after putting so much work into my weight loss.

I haven't seen the full results yet, so I guess I can't say with certainty if it was worth it or not. To be honest, I have had a hard time and dealt with some depression and low energy/lack of motivation. I hope it will look great and be worth it in the end.

I am 26 years old, and I had a full tummy tuck 18 days ago. I had drains in for about two weeks and the drainage fluid never turned a straw color. It started out a very dark brown/red and is now a pretty light red, but still red. Today, I started leaking drainage fluid from my incision, not from the holes where the drains had been. I have been to two plastic surgeons and neither of them can explain why the fluid never lightened in color. Have any doctors ever seen this in a patient? What does it mean? My doctors also said that I do not have a seroma since the fluid is leaking and this is a good thing. Is there anything I can do to avoid a seroma? I am very afraid of getting one. Should I try to constantly get as much of the fluid out as I can manually? Please help!

Great review?

My Doctor: name not provided

My scar is very minimal. She is very attentive.

Comments (3)

OftenScandy
3 years ago

Thank you both for your replies. I did indeed have a hematoma. My surgeon put a drain in for another 6 days and there is no more fluid draining out of the incision anymore. I was also prescribed lymphatic drainage massages, which I believe helped greatly with this problem and with swelling as well.

Samir Shureih, MD
3 years ago

Agree, All the signs of a HEMATOMA as it liquify it drains from the holes. Sonogram or MRI will give you the diagnosis. should be drained if completely liquid otherwise resurgery to clean the hematoma,may see a hint of the bleederto ligate, drain again and close. Hematoma can get infected very easy.

View answers from Samir Shureih, MD

Darryl J. Blinski, MD
3 years ago

Return to see your surgeon ASAP. You do have a seroma/hematoma from your description. You need a drainage procedure or at least a sonogram to see if there is a fluid collection in the flaps above the muscle. Are you in Columbia? or in US? Do something now. Regards and good luck Dr Darryl J. Blinski, MIAMI

View answers from Darryl J. Blinski, MD

More Tummy Tuck Reviews

Might Be Getting TT Much Sooner Than I Thought! - California, CA 22 hours ago
I am 5'3, a mother of 4 kids 7, 5, 3.5, and almost 2, and my body has been thrashed by...