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Best Way to Massage for Reducing Swelling from Seroma?
What is the correct way to do the massage for reducing or prevent the swelling from a seroma after Tummy Tuck Procedure?
Massage after tummy tuck
Thanks for the great question - Massage is not likely to prevent seroma but can be useful as a technique to reduce swelling. Your lymphatics remove excess fluid from your tissues and return it to your circulation. After surgery some of these channels are cut and time is needed to allow regrowth of these pathways. Massage can be an effective way to reduce swelling by recruiting other lymphatic channels to reduce some of the fluid. I hope this helps.
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