I had br on 3/26/13. I had drain on each side for one day..i am hating how they look..and the left side has a rather large skin flap..will i need a revision..or will this go away..i dislike all the wrinkled look..ugh. Am i being impatient? It only been seven weeks...also i am 51..does that make a difference...? I also feel like they are still so heavy..you can see from the picture that i still have to lift them up to see underneath...
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January 17, 2015
Answer: Concerns about Incision Line Appearance after Breast Reduction Surgery?
Leo Kim, FRACS(Plast), MS(Plast), MBBS(Hons) says:
The time it takes for serum to resolve depends on the size of the seroma. If it is significant enough one may decide to drain it via ultrasound guided placement of drain or an open operation- small seromas can simply be watched and it will gradually absorb and you should be guided by your PS...
It is common to feel fluid and even air beneath the tissues within the first week following a breast reduction. Typically fluid from irrigation, local anesthesia injected after you are asleep, serum from the raw surfaces and air is trapped in the tissues following breast reduction...
It appears to me as though your right breast is noticeably larger than your left. This could be swelling still at only 3 weeks postop, but in all honesty, I am afraid that with this much disparity, it most likely represents under-resection of tissue on the left relative to the right....