I just recently had a tummy tuck, one that I have waited years for. However, after surgery things began going wrong very quickly. After my surgery (4 days) I was admitted to the hospital for internal bleeding, required three units of blood and put on a machine that did my breathing for me, as my body could not do it for itself. Now I am stuck with another surgery to remove the giant blood clot. What went wrong? Did I need blood thinners? Thank you.
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Yes this is either old blood, seroma fluid, or both and it can reaccumulate. Compression, limited activity, and close follow will solve it. It is a common occurrence and will not cause major problems unless it gets infected which is unlikely. Make sure to get seen again.
In general the corticoesteroids injections help a lot to improve the hypertrophic scarrings. They help to reduce the elevation of theskin and to reduce the different colouring of the scar.
Normal fluctuations in weight, from 10 to
15 pounds, shouldn’t affect your tummy tuck results. However, if your weight
continues to creep up and you gain 20 or more pounds, the shape of your abdomen
can become distorted and your skin may stretch. If the skin fails to “spring
back,” at that point...
