My old belly button is now infected because of the ridiculous heat down here. Because my skin around my belly button is wrinkly and wearing the compression garment, the sweat/moisture (probably from taking my kids to swimming lessons outside in the heat) is accumulating in my bb and got infected. My PS gave me a antibiotic ointment, but, just my luck, not their fault at all, I was allergic to the ointment and now I have an infected bb with a blazing rash around it. At least it doesn't itch (prob b/c the skin around it is still a little numb!). So, we are putting gauze in my bb everyday to keep it dry. Now I am on oral antibiotics and it is still infected. I am going back in tomorrow to see my PS. I will discuss the option of getting a new bb. I am guessing that I will have to get a vertical scar to close the old one, and that I will have to wait a few months for when I am all healed to do it. That's ok. I can wait. I just want to be sure that it will get fixed. I think he did an excellent job otherwise. Hopefully, the second recovery will be much faster. I would love to wear a bikini next year. I have always been it good shape. I work out religiously (that's killing me right now that I have to wait to go to the gym.)and after having 3 kids, my stomach was all stretched out. From looking at your picture, we seem similarly built in that area. I will have to take a pic and send to you.
I just had a tummy tuck too, on June 12. Most of my swelling has gone down except for the lower area between my belly button and my scar. I also didn't have enough skin to get rid of all of it and my belly button was too high so my PS suggested that we pull down my belly button. So I didn't get a new one and my old one is just lower. I am very happy with the tightness of my muscles and skin now, but my belly button seems much too low and quite wrinkly. I'm a little nervous about that. I am glad to hear you are excited about your results. I have an appt with my PS on Monday and I will discuss my belly button futher with him. He may have a way to revise it. I really want to love it.
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