reduction 3 mon. ago., left breast has muscle tenderness like it is pulled or strained, goes away but comes back with activity. It starts inside center to top of breast. Could it have been aggravated during surgery as this breast had more removed and inside underneath incision was cut a little higher in cleavage area. Nurse thinks I should no pain.
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Your procedures are commonly done at the same time under the same anesthetic. But if you were dong them separately and was in my office, I would have no problems proceeding a week later... once it was clear that you did not have any complications from the liposuction.
Such questions because if anything occurs because of this, your surgeon 'owns' it. But my patients are allowed to start low impact (aka no bounce) exercises soon after surgery and with a great sport bra, could start impact activities shortly thereafter. The superficial open wound...
Is not considered mucus in my experience but perhaps your surgeon was simply trying to illustrate what the material was like. Wounds often do separate after reductions and will grow bacteria when cultured. Red along the edges of the wound is normal too. But spreading redness,...