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Belly button stitch from when I was born is showing - is there anything I can do about it?

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Hi. I jjust have a basic, quick question. I haven't had any surgery at all on any part of my stomach, but I recently noticed what appeared to be a thread deep inside my belly button hole. I then realised it was the stitching from when I was born. I was born in 1970. Shouldn't the stitching have disapppeared in the past 50 some years? Is there anything I can do about it?

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