Is this necrosis? (photos)

March 30, 2015
Asked By:Beth098 in Ireland, IN

I had prophylactic bilateral mastectomy with immediate one step reconstruction ( strattice and silicon implants) 19 days ago. My right breast developed a hematoma the day after surgery and I had to go back to the operating theatre to be opened up again and have this fixed. I also developed a seroma on the same recon breast. My question is do I now have necrosis? I saw the surgeon 4 days ago and he said blisters had developed on wound, but now it looks sore of dark brown black. Is it necrosis

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