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Is it possible to get cellulitis 16 weeks post op from an Abdominoplasty? (photos)

Jessiekin1983
I had my procedure done September 23, 2016. About 8 days after I got a serious infection from the drain site and was admitted back into hospital and a second surgery was done to clean and drain fluid from under the skin. After all of the antibiotics I got C. Diff and was sick for another 3 weeks. It has now been almost 4 months since the initial abdominoplasty and my incision is extremely painful, swollen and red. What happens next? Is it from the surgery?

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