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Drainless TT hematoma draining from incision 3.5 weeks post op, treatment options? My surgeon wants to wait it out. (Photos)

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Sarah.in.kwJan 9, 2018
I had extended tummy tuck 3.5 weeks ago. I developed a hematoma a few days after surgery. I had a lot of bruising all around my incision and then started gushing fluid/blood from my incision. That was about two weeks ago and now I'm only leaking from a small spot right above the mons where my ps says i opened up a blood vessel. He wants to wait for it to clot but isn't there more he can do? It is annoying and I can't leave the house for fear of gushing blood in public! Treatment suggestions?

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