Indent below bellybutton after laparoscopy. How can I make it better? (photos)

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My skin lacticity wasn’t great after weight gain with two pregnancies. Diagnostic laparoscopy perform led 2 weeks ago and conserned with the scar. It has left a severe indent below my belly button and looks like a second bellybutton. How can I make it better?

Amir Nakhdjevani, MBBS, MRCS, FRCS(Plast) · Answer

Thank you for your question and the pictures.It is still quite early in the healing phase to be worried about the scar and the overall look. There will be a degree of swelling and bruising which will take atleast 6 weeks to settle, if not longer. With any procedure that is carried out inside the abdomen, your abdomen will swell up too. I would wait atleast 3 months before you see the more definitive result. If at this stage there is a concern, then primarily speak to your surgeon about a possible scar revision to neaten up the scar if it is still raised and stretched. It might be that you need an umbilicoplasty (belly button surgery) to address all these concerns but this is something that I would not consider until atleast 3 motnhs from the time of your procedure. It might be useful to revisit this question in 10 weeks time with some upto date pictures at the time and you can then get some more advice.I hope this is of help to youBW

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