7 days post op

[Aimster82]

My chest is all yellow and I have red marks all around.

Is this normal? When will the bruising go away. Red marks look like blood buildup but they aren't on chest just on sides and under arms. Nothing too serious I don't think ..

[Dr. Elliot Jacobs]

What you are describing, in all likelihood, is various stages of bruising.  Bruising is free blood (ie not contained in blood vessels) directly under the skin.  In the early stages, it can be red or purple.  As the healing progresses, it can be any shade of yellow/green/gray.  Sometimes the bruising can "percolate" down under the skin (by gravity) to areas of the body that indeed did not have any surgery.

This is all normal.  Don't worry about it -- it is temporary and harmless and it will be gone quite soon.  It has no bearing on the ultimate results of your surgery.

Dr Jacobs