I m not sure if you had a breast augmentation breast lift or tummy tuck but leakage around a drainage tube is fairly common and should stop in another day or two.
Tummy tuck drain leaking.
Warning gross video tummy tuck abdominoplasty leaking.
The skin wound will need a few days to fully close and until that happens some fluid can leak.
The following post from our forum is from a woman whose tummy tuck surgical drain tubing was leaking at the point of insertion into her body.
Small tubes might be placed along the incision site to drain any excess blood or fluid.
Members of your health care team will help you walk as early as the first day after a tummy tuck to help prevent the formation of blood clots.
Everything you need to know the tummy tuck is a great surgical procedure for removing excess skin stretch marks and fat but certain post op.
My poor lower abdomen felt ready to burst for days and finally started leaking copious amounts 4 days ago from 3 small spots which appeared to be stitch marks.
After a tummy tuck your abdominal incision and bellybutton will likely be covered with surgical dressing.
Tummy tuck drain tubing leaking at insertion point.
Please see your surgeon for a follow up as well.
Please place something absorbent in the area such as a maxi pad or gauze.
Used maxi pads to collect old blood filled 9 pads.
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The drain is then connected to a portable suction device usually a suction bulb that is squeezed to collect the fluid.
However there should not be a large amount of drainage nor bright red blood.
Drain placement for seromas that continue to recur following multiple aspiration attempts a drain can be placed through the skin into the seroma cavity.
Drainage after tummy tuck it is normal to have a little bit of drainage after the drain has removed.
There is no pain associated with this it s old blood according to the doctors.
I m 21 days post op tummy tuck and thought i was the only person with a seroma until i read your emails feel better already.
