The drains will remove and collect fluid from ... The area may be black and blue right after breast cancer surgery. This will go away in a few days. You might be numb or uncomfortable or have ...

Learning you have breast cancer can be overwhelming ... The Jackson-Pratt® (JP) drain helps drain fluid after the surgery and prevents swelling. How long you will have a JP drain can vary. It depends ...

Surgical drains are tubes inserted into the soft tissue of your ... Patients who choose breast reconstruction after a mastectomy face several important decisions. Breast implant surgery or autologous ...

Right after you shower at the 48-hour mark post-surgery, you can change into a soft post-mastectomy bra that fits kind of like a sports bra, but has a front closure and might hold drains that ...

After being diagnosed with breast cancer at 27 years old, Mitchell said she started making her own surgical drain pouches due to the inadequate ones she received from the hospital.