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Is hardness normal 2 weeks after breast reduction?

Anastasia_BNov 4, 2018
Is it fat necrosis? I am a little over 2 weeks post op breast reduction. I have hardness (it feels like thick tissue or one long lump) all along the bottom of my breasts, close to where the underwire of a bra would be. It is under the anchor incision but also extends beyond it. I’m scared it’s fat necrosis. Can this be a normal part of healing? Everything looks normal from the outside.

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Dr. Tom J. Pousti, MD
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