What to Do About Oozing After Arm Lift?

Congratulations on having undergone the arm lifting surgery.

Arm lifting is an excellent procedure to improve the contour of the arms and remove  redundant skin and adipose tissue;  the downside is a relatively high rate of unsatisfactory scarring and the need for revisionary surgery.

Drainage from the incision line may be related to lymphatic fluid drainage  or maybe sign of infection. Either way, your plastic surgeon will be able to diagnose and treat you after examination.

Best wishes.

It sounds like you might have a lymphatic leak within the arm lift wound. These typically resolve on their own, or with the aid of a compressive garment. Occasionally, the lymph fluid forms a pocket (seroma) of liquid that needs to be drained. Talk with your surgeon- it sounds like he/she can handle this relatively minor post-op issue.