How long for a hematoma after breast implant removal to absorb?

September 29, 2015
Asked By:Vegas1044 in Las Vegas, NV

Hi, I had my breast implants removed 3 weeks ago and had drains in for 5 days. My right breast has had more fluid from day one and maybe shouldn't have removed the drain so early. Now it's 3 weeks later and my PS would like to wait and see if my body absorbs. He doesn't want to aspirate because of infection risk and it just coming right back. He possibly wants to go back in to surgery in about a month and clean it out. Is it possible for my body to absorb this? How long would it take?

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