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...
Natasha Van Zyl, MBChB, FRACS (Plas Recon Surg) says:
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,...