I'm oozing from my incision.

I had an arm lift almost two weeks ago and I noticed that under both arms (more so from the left), I'm doing some oozing from my incision. The incision on the left is red in some spots and towards the end of the day there is this thick I guess yellowish to clear substance on it. I'm not sure if it is pus. There is no bad smell to it and I don't have a fever. I was on antibiotics the first week and had the oozing even then. The doctor looked at it and said everything is fine, but he didn't see the oozing because it takes a while before it builds up. (It's not much at all really.) I was just wondering if this was normal. I thought maybe it was slow healing because the incision is rubbing there under my arm. Everywhere else the incision looks good. Also, the doctor has told me not to use deodorant. He said he took out "everything" (not sure what he meant) and I don't need it, but I'm sorry its been warm and I think that I do. Is there anything else I could use instead? Would antibacterial ointment help?

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