I had a tummy tuck 6 months ago. Ive had 3 infections.. my tummy tuck does not look like its healing as much as I would have expected. I still have these holes that you can squeeze white stuff out of I dont think think is normal after 6 months po
I had a full Tummy Tuck on Oct 17, 2008. Five months later, I still have stitches on my hips. My plastic surgeon says maybe next month they'll come out, but they hurt very much when I wear pants. Is this normal? Also, when my drains were being removed, they got stuck somehow and my surgeon had to undo stitches to remove the drain, and then he restitched after he pulled out the drain. It was so painful! What should I do? He doesn't even want to see me for another month! Can they become infected? Thanks!
I had my surgery 11/2021. Had some complications with my incision. It got infected. They had to dig the staples out. When they took the anchor it left a big hole in the center. Was sorta a nightmare. My doctor didnt recommend massages. Said they were not needed. Now I have this weird pooch that sticks out. Is there a reason why and a way to fix it?
I've had 4 c sections and two tummy tucks. After my last baby I now have muscle separation and would like my c section scar revised so I am going to have a mini tummy tuck to repair the muscle separation and scar. After my fourth c section , two of my stitches opened and i developed an infection. The opening took 6 weeks to heal. How likely is this to happen again if I go trough with the tummy tuck? Non smoker, non diabetic, overall good health with only hypertension which is controlled.
I fear I'll get toxoplasmosis or salmonella in future surgery wounds: my hubby regularly cross-contaminates & isn't careful. Showing general teaching videos didn't help. Is there some teaching kit/simulation/experiment designed to teach about microbes? If I do any type of surgery, he must understand or I can't trust him to help. It's already a problem in the kitchen now i.e. dish cloth used under a defrosting package of raw poultry was put back as if clean. HELP!!
I had a procedure done May 2022, still trying to clear up bacterial infection at all of the suture sites/Vicryl used. How common? I had surgery in May 2022, the next night after surgery had horrible sweats, shook the bed off it's foundation almost, fever, etc. 5 night later went to the ER with 103F fever. they ran a bunch of tests but didn't help. my PCP gave me bactrim the next day; fever went even higher, could not regulate breath or heart rate. Probably allergic. 1 month later, 1 of the sites burst w/yellow pus. 6 months later felt like I was growing pack of avocados in my belly. had them drained/M. Fortuitum
I had an abdominalplasty a couple years ago and started noticing a foul smell emanating from my belly button. Couple days later I noticed it being extremely sensitive and slightly uncomfortable to touch. I am guessing this is an infection of some sort but was wondering about treatment and why would it be smelling bad? Thanks
I had a tummy tuck 7 months ago in january it got badly infected i was admitted to the hospital for 2 weeks and was re opened twice. I have a hard bulge above my incision im not sure if im just gaining weight or if its from swelling please help ?!
22 days post tummy tuck, liposuction of trunk and arms. About a week ago started developing an allergy like rash to tuck incision and at every liposuction incision. No pain, fever nor other sign of infection, only this super itchy rash. Currently on Benadryl and Bactrim as per PS , just to prevent any infection from developing.