1 month post-op: fat necrosis draining; another lump is forming like the previous one which is still draining! (Photos)

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Been draining for 2 weeks & 2 days! I don't see this ending anytime soon & it's very stressful! I can't leave out the house due to the draining & constantly leaking through clothes & bandages! Now there's another lump forming like b4! Painful! Why is this happening? I have a vacation at the end of the month I'm going to have now cancel :(. Will I need a revision surgery? I have lost a lot of volume and projection.. this is just horrible

Richard H. Tholen, MD, FACS · Answer

This is dead fat too close to the skin, which lost enough local circulation for tiny dead skin openings to form, allowing the liquefied (dead) fat to drain.
Even done properly, BBL requires transplanted fat to be surrounded by adequate blood supply to heal and ultimately survive to preserve (new) volume, and still, some fat will not survive. In your case, it appears you have "more than average" dead fat. Dead fat either is absorbed, or when it is too close to the skin like yours, drains through unwanted dead skin openings. Expect more volume loss.
You can also expect more drainage, and possibly more dead skin openings. You should likely be on antibiotic coverage, as infection would be potentially devastating to your already-worsening result, and possibly your well-being or even life. Save vacation money for more surgery, but wait for a full year until this is all healed and as soft as possible, Click on the web reference link below for a woman with a similar, but even more severe BBL disasster. Sorry. Best wishes! Dr. Tholen

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