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I having trouble sleeping after Tummy Tuck. Is this normal?

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SavedbyGrace68Sep 12, 2014
I am 10 days PO and am having trouble getting to sleep. This is not related to pain. Before surgery this was not a problem for me. As a last resort, I've started taking a dose and a half of benadryl at around midnight and that will finally knock me out. I don't want to continue to do this indefinitely. Any advice, please?

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You need to go back to your plastic surgeon have the capsule for this seroma removed and the incision closed over the drains with compression. Hopefully this will resolve any further from seroma formation

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