How Long Does It Take for a Seroma to Get Reabsorbed? (photo)

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I had my Surgery on 7/30/13. Its been exactly 1 month today. Last week I started noticing a fluid like feeling in my right breast when I was massaging it & ever since then it has not gone away. My PS has not diagnosed me as having a seroma but from the blogs & symptoms I have read, I sense that it is a seroma. If it is, Is it normal to have a seroma after 3 wks post op? Do I need to get it drained? if not, how long does it take to get absorbed? & What can I do to prevent further irritation?

Vincent N. Zubowicz, MD · Answer

I'm not certain yourself diagnosis is correct. A seroma after breast augmentation is most uncommon. If it exists it is best drained.

Aldo Guerra, MD · Answer

Hello and thanks for your post. Your photos demonstrate a good results and there is no way to diagnose seroma online. Have your surgeon refer you for an ultrasound to see if there is fluid around your BI. Best wishes, Dr. Aldo.

Darryl J. Blinski, MD · Answer

Very hard over the internet to diagnose a seroma. Also close follow up with your PS like every other day might be indicated. I do not think you have a seroma but again impossible to diagnose. //

Curtis Wong, MD · Answer

I just don't see those problems after augmentation.  Size differences are usually a result of what you started with and did not adjust for.  It looks like you had a lift using the peri-areolar technique.  If you feel your right side is just too much larger then your left after you've completely healed, revisions can be done to improve your symmetry.  If you're dead set on finding out if you have a seroma, you will need an ultrasound.  But unless problematic, nothing is done.

Yvelise Bello Paredes, MD · Answer

According to the information and picture you are showing it looks that you have a seroma. But my best advise is that you see your doctore. Im sure he will perform a sonomamogram which make the exact diagnostic of a seroma. Depending on the amound your surgeon will re opérate or let the seroma under observation

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