Draining Bright Yellow Fluid 5 Days After Liposuction?

  5 days of drainage is upper limit of normal so you should continue to follow with your plastic surgeon.  A compression garment may help reduce egress of fluid if your plastic surgeon advises usage of these garments.  Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA

It is perhaps above average, but still not a rare thing to have persistent drainage after liposuction, and more likely with the ultrasonic lipo. It will slow down.

Stay in touch with your surgeon. If still draining in another week, have him look!

All the best.

 

Although a bit prolonged, after ultrasonic liposuction patients are more prone to these types of drainage.  Were your incisions closed?  Sometimes surgeons prefer to leave the access incisions open to prevent prolonged edema but this also increases the duration and amount of drainage.  Be sure to wear your compression garments continuously an keep your incision sites dry by changing the pads frequently.  Good luck

Drainage can persist even longer than this; up to a week or more is not unheard of depending on how much was done and what your skin is like.  You should of course, remain in contact with your PS.  And, finally, if fluid is forming it's better if it comes out than if it has to be resorbed by your body.

I hope that this helps and good luck,

Dr. E