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My wound opened rather large. I have this HORRIFIC odor and its continuous leakage, why? What is this?

Im literally a walking trash can. The odor from the open wound is so strong and i leak. Im changing gauze padding and underwear 3 times

Scary tummy tuck open wound 50 days post op. Advice as my doctor is in another country? (photos)

had tummy tuck 50 days ago .i finished my antibiotic 15 days ago .i do dressing .using Dermacyn .and gel to moist . Also i have this

Wound from binder? I am 5 days post op. I had a full tummy tuck, no lipo. (Photos)

I still have drains and PS told me to wear my binder most of the time. The binder has two seams, which have been leaving marks on my skin.

3 1/2 weeks post op tummy tuck with open wound that looks worse daily. Is this normal? (Photos)

A week ago the incision area had a narrow scab (pic 1). Over the weekend, the scab started oozing and my belly swelled significantly (pic

Is it normal that my plastic surgeon dug out spitting sutures leaving this deep hole? (Photo)

I have an open wound due to spitting stitches with no infection. The PS dug out the stitch leaving me with a deep hole. Is it common? Could

Is it healing at 19 days post op tummy tuck? (Photos)

Using Santyl on open wound. My PS debrided the opening on po day 14. I have been using Santyl and wet dry dressing. It keeps getting

How to treat this wound on incision after tummy tuck? (photo)

Tummy tuck 12/19 doc removed scab this is what happened. How do I pack zerofoam or bacitracin and 4x4. He thought I might had a seroma I

Tummy Tuck Incision Opening Up Holes 8 Weeks Post Op? (photo)

Two of the holes opened up around 3 weeks post op and have slowly been healing but last week at 8 weeks post op another opened up. The

6wks post op TT, incision opened up at 5wks. Is this typically something that get worse before it gets better? (photos)

Im 6wks post-op from my TT. Everything was looking and healing fine at 4wks. 5wks a small area along my TT incision appeared to open but it