I am 3 weeks post tummy tuck and last week started having issues with lack of blood supply to the middle of the incision line and had some discoloration and an open wound. I started not wearing the binder for most of the day and the discoloration went away. My PS did the debridement and now I started packing the open wound 2x a day. My PS indicated the skin has already declared itself of what is dead skin and what is alive so it doesn't matter if I wear the compression and binder again.
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