Tummy Tuck Drain Leaking

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.

Tummy tuck drain leaking.

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. 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. One of these is the tummy tuck drain a small tube with a bulb attached that allows you to remove excess fluid to.

Warning gross video tummy tuck abdominoplasty leaking. Lindatummy tuck drain tubing leaking at insertion point. Please see your surgeon for a follow up as well. 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 tubing leaking at insertion point. There is no pain associated with this it s old blood according to the doctors. Drain placement for seromas that continue to recur following multiple aspiration attempts a drain can be placed through the skin into the seroma cavity. Please place something absorbent in the area such as a maxi pad or gauze.

Drainage after tummy tuck it is normal to have a little bit of drainage after the drain has removed. 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. Used maxi pads to collect old blood filled 9 pads. After a tummy tuck your abdominal incision and bellybutton will likely be covered with surgical dressing.

Small tubes might be placed along the incision site to drain any excess blood or fluid. 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. She was able to stop the leaking by clearing or removing the obstruction in her surgical drain tubing. 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.