Drains question

[DavisJ86]

When it's time for the drains to come out, does that hurt? Cause like the way I'm imagining it, isn't really comforting. Like I'm imagining a surgical tube with some gross crusty stuff around and then they pull it out. I know...I like to think worse case so the I can be surprised by the pleasant. I saw one video on youtube, and it look a pretty painless experience, but IDK. So those who have had top surgery can you please share your drain extraction experience. Thanks.

[xxaussiexx]

Hey Davis,

I had the same fears when i thought about the drains coming out.  I suffered a bit of anxiety over it as i can't stand pain, let alone taking a bandaid off without sweating and a tad hyperventilating lol.  When the time came it wasn't painful. It took 1sec for my doc to pull it out.  It felt a little weird but thats all.  Just relieving to finally get them out, thats all! Hope that helps relieve any worries of yours.

Cheers.

[DavisJ86]

Thanks Josh, that alleviates the only fear I have about top surgery lol.  What can I say I have an overactive imagination lol

[M.Grimm]

The drains freaked me out, too. As it turned out they were mostly just annoying to deal with, day to day. When it was time to get them removed I was really uneasy because I expected it to be painful. There was a twinge at the initial pulling but I'd call it less painful than a light pinch, mostly it just felt strange. Frankly, it was more painful to have some surgical tape removed from a healthy area of skin. Ow.

[jet3]

After my surgery the only thing that really bothered me at all were my drains. i was really nervous and thought it was going to hurt for sure when he pulled them out. I honestly couldnt even feel them coming out. After the first one was out I even looked up to make sure that he had pulled it out.  So for me there was no pain involved.

[Hurtfulsplash]

I had a drain pulled out once, not related to top surgery though, and it wasn't painful at all, actually it felt relieving.