At my four day appointment the doctor changed my belly button dressing and it stayed white for a few hours. I am exactly a week out today and it is soaked in blood again. I called on Friday and got a nurse who said it was fine but the more I looked online I found nothing and it made me wonder if this is normal. I am going to call again this morning. Any ideas? Should it be bleeding at all?
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Tummy tuck scar migration is due to one thing only, tension. At the start of a tummy tuck the surgeon cuts around the belly button. After the skin is pulled down the hope is that enough skin can be removed so that the top incision is made at the top of the belly button incision, thus...
Not exactly sure how long you have been experiencing these symptoms and when these syptoms began relative to your procedure. However, a seroma is a fluid collection that presents as a fluid wave. Sometimes depending on the size, you can hear fluid swishing around. Typically, it is located in the...
Exactly what an extended tummy tuck means is very dependent upon the surgeon. A tummy tuck, in general, involves tightening the six-pack muscle and cutting out as much extra skin and fat is is possible. An extended tummy tuck is used when there is extra tissue on the lower sides as...
