I had a full tummy tuck in 8-1-23. In September at follow up I had a seroma he cut open and drained about 2 cups of fluid. In December I saw my Dr. and had fat nercrosis removed in January. He said I had scar tissue left and we would discuss at it at my next appointment. On April 16th he is going to start injections to dissolve the scar tissue. The area is hard, uncomfortable and hurts. I want this removed but am afraid Ill possibly go through all the above again if I have a revision.
I had the tummy tuck in 2016 with muscle repair. I developed a stubborn seroma so I had to wear the drainage tube the for a few weeks. The seroma issue was resolved but I have a painful fibrous lump at the drainage tube site. I've had an ultrasound and a CT scan and they've conclude that I have internal scarring from the surgery. The incision has healed very nicely. How can I get dissolve the dime size painful lump on my right side where the drainage tube was inserted?
Hello I had a tummy tuck about 6 months ago. I had many complicatiosI started bleeding from one of the drain sites about 10 Days after surgery and 4 days after having the drain removed. Took myself up to ED as I was unable to stop the bleeding and was told my heamaglobin was down to 65 and I had to have 2 blood transfusions. I spent another 3 days in hospital and had a drain inserted into my abdomen as I then had seromas. I had about 500mls of brown blood drained over a few days and got staph.
I had a full abdominoplasty 2 years ago and developed a seroma below my belly button. After having my drain for 3 weeks, it had to removed as it was falling out. I had the area aspirated about 5 times total with a steroid injected into the cavity twice. The area went flat for about 4 mths until it came back. Now about 2wks ago, went and got the capsule excised with a drain. Fluid was very low after 2wks so drain came out. Now bulge is back. Doing massage and compression. Help?!
27 years old female, 161 cm/57 kg. I had mini tummy tuck November 2021, one month post op I had infected seroma complication and my stomack never got flat. I waited one year for swelling to go down but nothing changed and in January 2023 I had stomach liposuction and I am really sad about my results and wondering what is that with my stomach, is it swelling or something is wrong? Just to add that I workout and eat healthy.
I had a standard hip to hip tummy tuck nd muscle repair 14 mth ago - I formed a seroma under my right breast and had it drained by the surgeon 4 times over 9 months - the fluid was always very dark red and the surgeon mentioned it should be a cloudy yellow. I have since had it drained under ultrasound and injected with steroids - two times standard red fluid around 50ml but the last time they found too many chambers and couldnt get the fluid all together - surgeon now wants to wait 1-2 years?
I had surgery last Nov and 3 mos ago I noticed that I had a seroma. My plastic surgeon is very far so I have been going to the radiology Dept and having aspirations. I started with 90ccs of fluid removed, and the fluid has gone down every two weeks Ive had 5 aspirations. My last one I only had 13 cc of fluid. The IR dr told me that should be it, not to mess with surgery to remove the capsule. My stomach is tight. Is it OK to leave the capsule alone? Any other recommendations other than surgery?
Had a TT over a year ago started noticing my stomach around bb getting hard and protruding and hurting went to dr was told i had an abcess that needed draining he said it came from seroma had it drained lots of pus and fluid was put on abt now around my bb is hard was told its scar tissue how do i fix this
I have developed a seroma in my upper abdomen (12 wks PO) and am looking at options for treatment. My doctor is very far but has advised me of some options. Tight compression, aspiration and surgical removal. It is fairly new and soft so I am attempting compression first, of course. Is it likely it may reabsorb using this method or should I just seek help somewhere with aspiration?