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What is this pimple looking thing in my belly button? (Photo)

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yearningcrawdadNov 28, 2015

Doctor said he preserved my belly button during TT, and everything was looking good until about 10 days PO. Now it looks like I have a pimple inside my BB. It's not green or hot or painful. It's reddish color.

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