Hi, Had my tummy tuck on the 20th of this month. I am slightly worried due to what appears to be some separation in the incision? I have been instructed to wear only a binder, and a folded bandage over the wound.
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Hi and welcome to our forum!Drainage following abdominoplasty can range in color significantly from gross bloody drainage to clear serous drainage. On occasion, the drainage may represent old blood, which will be dark and with clots, but the volume should be minimal. I would check to be...
Hi and welcome to our forum!I am sorry to hear of your apparent complication. Your situation is unusual to say the least...Tight closures after abdominoplasty usually "pull apart" in the early postoperative period. I am curious to know how it was determined that the intraabdominal...