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Smelly Yellow Discharge 4 Weeks Post-Breast Reduction

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Hello Doctor says this is normal, just excess tissue leaving through the incision. He said the incision is called a deer claw incision and this is common. There is no pain, redness, fever or inflammation from the incision sites. The pus smells awful. Usually about a teaspoon of yellow discharge stains my clothing everyday . It is coming from the incisions. When I look at the incisions, some have have the yellow pus on the scabs, some have leaking pus. Thanks

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