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Afraid my Belly Button is Not Healing Properly After Tummy Tuck.

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I am cleaning it daily with soap and water and then peroxide after the shower. I still have to cover it with gauze. It's like a scab over it, but now it is turning the gauze a brownish-red color, like it is bleeding slightly. Should I worry about this or just keep doing what I am doing? I go back for my 2nd follow-up in a week, should I go back sooner?

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