Hello Docs i had a tummy tuck 6 years ago and my belly button is a deep hole so i cant see in it but its oozing puss and now when i clean it blood comes out on q-tip. Is this a serious concern and what can i do? i have no money to pay to see a surgeon I have went to see my pcp doctor 3 and he said there is nothing to worry about.
I had my tummy tuck in April of 2021. In August of 2021 my belly button began oozing and my doctor determined that I was spitting a stitch. It finally came out in April of 2022. Since then, I have had two more areas (one above and one bellow my belly button) open up. They ooze the same way my belly button continues to, but no stitches have come from either of those sites. I am becoming impatient with wearing gauze every day. Is this normal?
I had hernia repair, muscle repair and tummy tuck surgery March 31. A couple of weeks ago I went to have it checked because it was still oozing and irritated. The surgeon noticed a white spot that he claimed was a dissolvable clamp and he cut a piece of it out. Today I noticed another white spot just like the first one. My question is, could this be something accidentally left inside of me or is there really such a thing as a dissolvable hard plastic clamp used in the belly button area?
I am 3 weeks post tummy tuck and my incision steri strips fell off in the center. The incision is splitting about a quarter of an inch open in the center and there is yellow pus oozing from the center. Is this normal? Will it close back up or do I need it re-sutured?
A week ago the incision area had a narrow scab (pic 1). Over the weekend, the scab started oozing and my belly swelled significantly (pic 2). My doctor saw me Monday, cleaned out the wound, assured me its normal and looks great. 3 days have passed & I am still concerned with the swelling, oozing and now the darkening of the skin around the incision (pic 3) and how this will look healed. Im cleaning it and using bacitracin twice daily. How normal is this, really?
I have a granuloma which it started oozing through a small little hole and on day 2 after I started squeezing out the fluid ,which was only like clear fluid with just a bit of blood. I cleaned it but then I noticed that there was something else like part of my meat with the whitish looking thing coming out . I tried cleaning it But then I got scared. I contacted my surgeon he said just clean it out but then I told him what I seen then he just responded to go to the ER!
I am 6 weeks post op from a tummy tuck. I have this area that is red and irritated. My surgeon is on vacation and has a PA filling in for him. I saw her yesterday and she told me to put vitamin e on it. Today it started oozing fluid. I have an appt to see her again on Tuesday. Am I ok to wait that long?