How did you hide your drains?

In reading another post I read that someone said they got very good at hiding their drains. Rather than hijack that post & get one response I decided to start a new thread to ask how people have dealt with drains from TT & in arms.

 I wore panties over my body garment and tucked the abdominal drains in there.  The arm drains I attached to my upper body garment, then wore a shirt over them.  A kimono type jacket hides arm drains very well too.

The drains just make us appear lumpy, but those first two weeks I didn't care, except getting patted down at US immigration.  I said I had alien babies attached to me.

I didn't have the arm drains, so no advice there. With the abdominal drains, I would choose pants with decent size pockets and shove the drains in there with a slightly blousy shirt to cover. Sometimes even a nonblousy shirt would be fine. I also used a little black fanny (belly) pack that completely hid them, but of course then I was wearing a fanny pack, but I didn't care as long as no bloody tubing and drains were showing. I'd also attach them low and off to the sides of my binder but just above my pants line and again count on the shirt to help. I guess it really depends where you are going and trying to hide them. I'd have had trouble in a formal gown, but no problem at all when I went to the pumpkin patch and a few fall harvest party functions at just a couple weeks out.

I had one friend on here suggest I turn them into earrings--never did get that far! LOL!

Good luck hiding them!

Denise

I didn't have drains in my arms but had one in each hip for my abdominoplasty.

I did not hide them. I pinned them to the waist band of whatever I had on. If my shirt was not long enough to cover them...oh, well.

I did not really travel too much in the 3 weeks I had them; dr appt, Target, Starbucks and JC Penney to shop for shapewear.

For my tummy it really depends on what I am wearing...today I am wearing jeans with a tight turtleneck and sweater, I have it pinned to my camisole and the turtleneck keeps it in place.  Yesterday I wore a dress so I tucked it into my pantyhose.

Tomorrow it comes out...................I will be so happy!

 Tucked the tt drains in my bra, I had no arm drains.

With my TT I wore a lanyard and just hooked them on there, then I didn't have to worry about juggling them, or worrying about one dropping and/or pulling. Didn't have to worry about dealing with them when going to the bathroom, or in the shower. They were just always hanging around my neck.

Lee, panties over my garment…how simple! I like the idea of pinning them to my bra under a hoodie; I’m going to be living in hoodies! Drains & Immigration…must make for an interesting conversation.
       
 Denise, I guess I’ll have to see if I could fit the tubing in the pockets; I wouldn’t want that slipping out in public! A fanny pack is an interesting idea; I’m going to see if I can dig one out of the closet, I’m a pack rat. I wouldn’t be going anywhere fancy just looking to keep everything under wraps.

Wow lorilea, you’re able to wear jeans with your drains! I’m not expecting to be able to put on a pair of jeans for a while.      
   
Heidi, fortunately or unfortunately depending upon how you look at it I don’t have any room in my bra to hide a drain! In fact, after reading a different thread I’ve come to realize that it is very possible that my chest will appear even larger after my tt &arm lift.             
 
Penny, that’s an excellent idea. I think when getting in & out of the car having them on a lanyard would be easier too.

Thanks for the great ideas!

Lucky you, I had plenty of room in my padded bra for the drains.  My doctor thought it was ingenius and started telling everyone that they could slip them up under their bra if they were going out.  I called them drain implants.  I was sorta sad to see them go.  lol

For my TT I wore jogging pants and used the safety pins that came on the bulbs and pinned them to the inside of the jogging pants. Then wore athletic shorts on the outside to my carry keys and wallet.

Bubba