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Is my lipo hole infected? 10 days post-op. (photo)

yilymarch17Mar 18, 2017

I had lipo exactly 10 days ago and have been changing my dressings daily but the holes where im assuming are the lipo wntry6points are looking really suspect. Like a tinge of green. Am i infected? What should i do my dr is out of town until the 28th and i am freaking out. Thanks in advance.

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