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Is it normal to have clear yellow liquid leaking out of your belly button after tummy tuck? (photo)

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1983mommyof3Dec 29, 2013
Is it normal to have clear yellow liquid leaking out of your belly button after tummy tuck? I'm 16 days post op. It doesn't smell and I don't have a fever. It started after I started using my ab board which is giving me a flatter stomach but making me drain fluids out of my belly button.

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Dr. Darryl J. Blinski, MD
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