Tummy Tuck In Lebanon
The following question from our
forum
is from a man who had a tummy tuck in Lebanon and has since returned to Kuwait.
His doctor never installed surgical drains and he now faces an additional
surgery.
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| Date: 04/10/2010 |
Submitted by:
Yaqoub |
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Dear Dr.
I had a tummy tuck operation in Lebanon 7 months ago. my doctor didn't
install draining tubes at all, when I came back home to Kuwait and after
3 months I started feeling pain and my tummy feels like a hard baseball
inside, I went to a doctor in Kuwait and he said this is normal after a
tummy tuck operation, it most be blood. He tied to suck it by a syringe
but it was hard to come out so he gave me cream and asked to comeback in
one week for another surgery but I was afraid to back.. so please doctor
give an advice. Yours.
Yaqoub
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RESPONSE
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| Date: 04/10/2010 |
Submitted by:
Tanner |
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Yaqoub,
I am not a doctor. I am a patient who had a tummy tuck
operation. I cannot advise you on medical matters. I can just tell you
of my personal experiences of what I went through, but I have never
heard of anyone not having surgical drains installed for a tummy tuck
(but again I am not a doctor). I never had that pain or "baseball"
feeling that you described. I did have a "tightness" feeling with
numbness, but that was expected. Three months after your tummy tuck you
got that feeling and your doctor said it was normal and it must be
blood? It doesn't sound normal to me. Also, I could not possibly guess
why they gave you a cream or what a cream could do to treat something
inside your body. I would go to a different doctor for a second opinion
(or even a third) before going back for another surgery.
Good luck.
Tanner
FOLLOW-UP
Thank you very much,, I think I should book a flight to see the same
doctor who did the operation very soon..
Thank you again. Yaqoub
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