I had breast reduction on March 9. Then on June 4 I had surgery to clean out fatty necrosis of the right breast. Since July all my homes have healed and surgeon released me. I now have an old hole at the base of the the incision oozing push. What is going on? Could I lose my breast?
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For the vast majority of patients, breast reduction will not cause a loss of feeling in the nipple or areola. A lot of this is technique and surgeon dependent. Occasionally, it can take 1-2 years for sensitivity to return. Discuss your concerns with your PS.
The foto is difficult to assess with regard to scale, but this looks like a clean but significant wound. Did your skin just open up, or did some of the skin necroes and die? I would say you need a trip back to the operating room to clean the wound and reclose it. If too much...
It sounds like you may have some keloid or hypertrophic scarring on one of your breasts are following your breast reduction. A surgeon would need to see you to confirm which one it is. Hypertrophic scarring is a thick, raised, and red scar along the line of the original incision. Keloid scar,...