Seroma after liposuction. Is there anything I can do besides compression and aspiration? (Photo)

Hello, the treament you've been receiving is right. It will eventually run dry, just keeo the preassure and you'll be fine. Best wishes

Any amount of significant tissue undermining can cause a seroma.  Thoroughly suctioning any area with a liposuction cannula can actually create a significant amount of undermining.  When you "skin your knee" or get a scrape of the skin, open wounds can ooze straw colored fluid or serous fluid.  Wounds under the skin weep similar fluid that can mix with a small amount of blood and create a seroma, or pocket of sero-sanguinous fluid.  Seromas can occur after liposuction.  For larger volumes of liposuction, many surgeons leave drains in an attempt to avoid or prevent seroma accumulation.  Smaller seromas typically resolve with serial aspiration and compression.  If the seroma does not resolve, and the seroma pocket is large, a drain may need to be placed.  I strongly recommend to see an ABPS board certified plastic surgeon to evaluate any seroma after surgery.  An ABPS board certified plastic surgeon could perform seroma aspirations, if necessary.  A responsible surgeon would have arranged for coverage of his patients while on vacation.  I recommend that you call you surgeon's office to arrange to see the covering surgeon ASAP.

My guess is that you have laser assisted liposuction since conventional liposuction doesn't yield seromas. Treatment for all seromas is sequential aspiration until the fluid quits accumulating.