Why 3+months after explant do the pockets keep filling with fluid?

Hello and thank you for your question. Its unfortunate you are having this issue but it is something that can occur whenever there is a space in the body. It sounds like you are having an issue with recurrent seromas in the pocket where your implants were. As many of my colleagues have discussed below, there are really 3 main options. The first is already being done which is the serial aspirations. If after 3 months the seromas are still forming then another step may need to be taken. Drains can be placed as a next step and kept in until the drainage starts to decrease to a satisfactory amount. Lastly, this may need a surgical solution which would involve removing the capsule (a wall the body produces around the implant). I hope you are able to get this resolved and wish you the best of luck!Ankur Mehta MD

A seroma is a pocket of fluid that accumulates and can occur after implant removal. You are doing the right things by following up with your surgeon and wearing compression. Activity level may be contributing as well. If aspirations don't resolve your seroma your surgeon may opt to place a drain. If nothing else resolves it your surgeon may discuss surgical intervention.

unfortunately, the capsule formed around your implant is acting like a cyst sac as it is fully mature. The ideal would be to go back to surgery and have at least a partial capsulectomy. If you are adamant against going back to surgery, you can have a drain placed in each pocket and left there for several weeks. Neither option is great, I know, but because the capsule has matured, it will continue to fill with fluid until something is done to "roughen up" the slick surfaces and get them to stick down to each other.