Tummy Tuck Drain Leaking

Lindatummy tuck drain tubing leaking at insertion point.

Tummy tuck drain leaking.

Drainage after tummy tuck it is normal to have a little bit of drainage after the drain has removed. 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. The skin wound will need a few days to fully close and until that happens some fluid can leak. However there should not be a large amount of drainage nor bright red blood.

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. Warning gross video tummy tuck abdominoplasty leaking. 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. Please place something absorbent in the area such as a maxi pad or gauze.

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. Timeline tips and more medically reviewed by cynthia cobb dnp aprn whnp bc faanp if you re getting a tummy tuck it s important to give your body time to heal afterward. Drain placement for seromas that continue to recur following multiple aspiration attempts a drain can be placed through the skin into the seroma cavity. After a tummy tuck your abdominal incision and bellybutton will likely be covered with surgical dressing.

Please see your surgeon for a follow up as well. The drain is then connected to a portable suction device usually a suction bulb that is squeezed to collect the fluid. There is no pain associated with this it s old blood according to the doctors. Shim ching md board certified plastic surgeon.

She was able to stop the leaking by clearing or removing the obstruction in her surgical drain tubing. One of these is the tummy tuck drain a small tube with a bulb attached that allows you to remove excess fluid to. Used maxi pads to collect old blood filled 9 pads. Small tubes might be placed along the incision site to drain any excess blood or fluid.