Guest guest Posted May 6, 2003 Report Share Posted May 6, 2003 I've generally only been drained when I begged for it. I think for most doctors, less trauma and invasion is more. Everything eventually drains and goes down. I'd be willing to bet his doctor isn't going to make him do anything he doesn't want to do. Just an educated $.02 in Austin RNY April 1998 Men w/ abdominoplasty > He had his " bikini incision " abdominoplasty and a nasty hernia repaired 10 > days ago. His surgeon has had him wearing a binder 24 hours a day. So > here's his concern: he is noticing quite a bit of fluid retention in the > pubic area (not the scrotum, but that tissue right above Mr. Lucky). He is a > bit worried about whether the surgeon is going to want to aspirate the fluid > and really stressing about it. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2003 Report Share Posted May 6, 2003 I had a puffy delta of flesh above Mr. (you call him your name, and I'll call him mine!). No fluid to speak of. PS said it was lymph (or other drainage?--I forget which) accumulating, and that it would go down in about six months when the lymphatic circulation was re-established. Well, it's about nine months, and the puffiness has subsided quite a bit, but there is still something puffy there. However, it is mainly an issue of vanity, and I will never be perfect, and I don't want to be re-cut for an adjustment. FWIW, Steve At 1:55 PM -0400 5/6/03, kateseidel@... wrote: >So guys - did you experience this fluid retention? How long until it went >away, and did anyone come at you with one of those dreadful needles to drain >fluid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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