The actual tube is inside the garment.  The bulbs are attached to the outside of the compression garments or a lanyard. I had 1 in each knee, 1 in the mons area and 1 in each elbow.  I admit it was very scary putting on the garments you just hold the tube and pull the garment over it.  There is suction so they still drain even though they are inside.  The garments hook on each side and then zip.  The breast garment has hooks.  Look through some of the pictures and you can see what they look like.  Gross lil suckers but oh so necessary!!

My drains:
3 mons
2 leg
2 arm
1 left breast
2 behind ears

You just have to be careful getting in or out of your garments.  Once the tubing is fed through the sleeves or other holes, then the drains are clipped to the garments.    Taking a shower, you clip all the drains on a lanyard. 

If you look at the alien babies as a good thing, to get the excess water out of your body, it makes it easier to handle.  You want them in as long as they are extracting liquid.

You'll probably have the bra/arm garment then a body compression garment.  You step into it and then there are eye hooks and zippers on both sides.  The bra has snaps in the back and in the front.

One of my first pics out of surgery, shows the bra/body garments.