Hey guys great place....so glad its here.
I had excision and liposuction on Oct. 14th.
Im a muscular guy(ex college football player) and have large pecs, but had some fat and had the nice puffy nips to boot. So ive been wearing undershirts, pinching my nips to make them smaller, hoping that the water is cold when i go swimming...the whole 9 yards...dealt with it forever. Finally I had my surgery and was SO excited, SO excited. Well ive ran into a road block here. My left pec had swelled up quite large, about twice the size of the right...and I was becomign concerned, then it began to trickle some old blood (ya know the darker stuff) ...so i called the doctors office and the on-call PS that night told me to let it go ahead and drain and it should be ok. Well thats what I did..over the last 2 weeks Ive massaged about 2 1/2 cups of old blood, with a bit of seroma (yellowish fluid). It always feels much better after I drain it, but now the little spot where it was draining from has scabbed up, but my left nip is still quite puffy and irritable and feels/looks like it has a bit of fluid in it, its not as swollen as right when the swelling started, but my nipple looks just as bad or worse than it did PRE-OP. I saw my PS today and I hate it cause whenever im in the doc's office it is cold so my nipple shrivels up and he doesnt see what im seeing. But i explained this to him and he says with confidence that the swelling is causing the nipple(s) to puff out like they did before. My concern is did this hematoma/fluid cause my nipple to stay permanantly puffed out like this? I'm so worried about it. I know Im driving my fiancee nuts with this and i feel like im obsessing about it. I just pray that the nipple adheres back down and doesnt puff out --becuase thats WHY I HAD THE SURGERY, lol. Do hematomas and seroma cause permanant scar and tissue that will make the nipple puff out? The PS said he took quite a bit of gland out, so I know its not the gland...I can even feel the place where the gland is no more...just not sure what to do about the crap that is filling the gap in there...try and drain again? What about ice...does anyone ice for the swelling? Please help guys...
thanks!!