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Incision Infection 6 Weeks Post-Op

I have a 2in area of my incision that is wider and redder, a few days ago it developed a small hole the size of a pencil tip and had yellowish pus...

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Drain Hole Not Closing, Very Painful. What To Do? (photo)

I am 3.5 weeks post op. My left drain hole has not closed up. Last week it started very painful and leaking fluid, went to the PS on Tuesday and he...

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White Pockets and Drainage After Tummy Tuck

I had a tummy tuck three weeks ago and I have white pockets in my belly button and some drainage (not foul smelling). Is this normal? What is the...

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Hole in TT Incision Line Won't Go Away. 2 Months Post Op, What Can I Do? (photo)

2 months ago a hole developed at my incision line, I have been packing it with saline gauze twice a day and it still looks the same and the inside...

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Can You Tell Me if This is a Seroma, my Ps Not Commiting to What It is? (photo)

This hole appeared one week after surgery, I sent a photo to my ps and explained that it had oozed a lot of bloody fluid,the oozing has slowed Down...

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I Am 16 Days Post Op from a Tummy Tuck with Lipo and Have a Quarter Size Hole?

Around 10 days when a lot of liquid began coming out . They said it was normal and good that it was happening. I lost my balance and fell on the couch...

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Black Skin on Incision After Abdominoplasty?

I had abdominoplasty 3 months ago their has always been a small hole on the incision that has leaked clear and yellow fluid but over the last 2 days...

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Tummy Tuck 8 Weeks Ago, and Have Hole in My Tummy?

I had a tummy tuck 8 weeks ago and now have a golf ball size hole in my tummy, which I have been told it will take another 8 weeks to heal. But every...

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A Hole in Incision at 5 Weeks Po Tt?

I woke up with a hole in my incision. Its freaking me out n giving me a lot more chills just thinking about hole. I hate it. I cant get my mind off ....

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Why Did my Plastic Surgean Do a T Scar on Me? Which Now is a 3 in Gaping Hole ?

He said because it would secure the tension. However I went 2 weeks before i had a post op appt with a dressing that was never dry so I'm thinking...

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