Beverly Hills tummy tuck – Seroma After tummy tuck surgery
Every surgery including plastic surgery has its complications some more riskier than others, but all are treatable at different levels. It is important for a patient to be very observant after having any kind of surgery, so that they are aware of if and how they are healing, and are able to identify quickly if something does not look normal. Leading Beverly Hills tummy tuck surgeons say the possibility of a tummy tuck patients developing a Seroma is about 1%.
After tummy tuck surgery Leading Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon place drain tubes and a baggie to drain the fluid from inside of the abdomen after the surgery. After about two weeks of having the drain it is removed and the site is expected to heal, but in a tiny percentage of patients fluid is still building with no where to drain. This fluid is called a seroma, a seroma is build up of yellow tingeish or Kool-Aid colored fluid build up in the dead part of the tissue. A seroma can occur after having any surgery that involves the removal of fat, skin and tissue. A seroma is different from a hematoma, an abscess and is not an infection. If a seroma is left untreated it can become an infection. When a seroma occurs after tummy tuck Beverly Hills surgeons say although it calls for several more visits to the surgeon than did before, the seroma is definitely treatable.
A seroma generally requires three to five visits to the surgeon’s office, so he can drain the site. The surgeon drains the site using a syringe and removing the fluid from the specific area. A seroma does not affect the final out come of the surgery and the patient should still have the desired body after the drainage. Leading cosmetic surgeon Beverly Hills say the aspiration of the seroma is painless because the site where the seroma occurs should be numb for about six months. Although for some patients a seroma is inevitable because they had excellent after care form some patients the best medicine is prevention.
In order to prevent a seroma a patient could take a hemostatic. Hemostatic is an agent that stops bleeding and other fluids from secreting. Measuring the amount of fluid in the drainage bag can always tell how much fluid is built up and draining, and can predict a seroma. Spraying adhesive which the surgeon provides in the flap where seroma can form can stop a seroma from forming as well. After a seroma is detected most surgeons prescribe a binder in order to decrease mobility, but a binder that is had before the seroma will prevent seroma. Plastic surgery is major surgery and has plenty of risk and variables involved but when well taken care of plastic surgery can change a persons life drastically for the better.
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