Can I buy another garment that fits better than the one they sent me home in on day two? This one is impossible to get in without help and is squeezing me so hard it hurts
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I use drains and a binder in my tummy tuck patients immediately after surgery to reduce the risk of seroma. Once the drainage from the drains is minimal, I remove them and then have patients get into a stage two garment which is a spanx type compression garment. This combination...
Seroma if it persists can be problematic.
Most surgeons will adopt seroma avoidance strategies such as quilting sutures.
If they persist after multiple drainage procedures other interventikns maybe required.
Occasionally seromas can form a long term walled off collection which needs to be...
Hi, MeTime. Congratulations on your TT! Thanks for sharing your pics and your concern. Looking at your photos, it is difficult to tell whether the girdle is causing the creases, whether pre-existing banding/creases that are now altered and/or pulled with the TT, or a combination is causing the ...
