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Leaking from wound after tummy tuck. Is it normal for this to happen?

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I had a tummy tuck two months ago. After a couple of weeks my wound opened up a little bit on my left side and leakage started to come out of it. At first the liquid was a red colour and very liquidy, but recently the leakage from it has changed to a more yellowey colour and is much more thicker in consistenency. Is it normal for this to happen? Also the leaking has been happening for 5 weeks now, is it normal to be continuing for this long?

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Dr. Richard J. Brown, MD
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