Small seroma that won't drain or go away. What should I do?

If the seroma is small enough, sufficient compression on the effected area should be enough to allow your body to reabsorb the fluid. Be sure to follow up with your board certified plastic surgeon with any and all complications.Thank you for your question!Melinda Lacerna, MD FACS

SEROMA is  one of the most common postoperative problems after a
cosmetic procedure are Seromas. Consisting in inflammatory fluid accumulation
in a specific area, because there is a dead space between skinand adjacent tissues. In Tummy Tucks the seroma occurs worldwide 5-10% of
cases. And it is more common when drainage is removed before the time required
that has to be removed. (It has to drain less than 50 cc in 24 hours for 48
consecutive hours to be removed) and if the patient don’t use the compression
needed after surgery (because that increases dead space).To reduce the risk of Seroma, the drainage must remove
in the required time, use your Faja 24 hours a day for 3 months orthetimeyour doctor tells you (if
the patient is from another country, has to stay with the drain and keep using
the Faja the time required by the doctor in the country you’ve done surgery).
It is important to the patient to have the drain removed by the doctor who had
performed surgery.After removing the drainage, the patient has to wear
the Faja for two consecutive days to decrease the dead space, remember that
your skin was detached from the deeper tissue, don’t get massages for 10 days
to prevent the skin blisters and always keep a close relationship with your
doctor.The Seroma is not a major problem, itis important to drain theliquid in time to prevent this from ruining their
aesthetic results, because if this is not drained a capsule is formed around
(pseudobursa) it will look like a bulge in the area that requires subsequent
surgical procedure for correction.