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Doctor won't drain seroma. Need advice.

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I had revision surgery to fix seroma after TT. Quilting sutures, mesh and drains were used in this 2nd surgery. Drains were pulled 2 weeks after while I was still draining 80cc a day total. 5 days after drains were pulled, fluid had accumulated again (Dr said this would happen, it was expected). He seemed happy to see that my fluid collection was smaller than previous seroma. Opted to not drain it with intentions of "teaching" my body to reabsorb. Is this even possible? Will my body reabsorb it?

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