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1 month after Laparoscopy, is my incision in belly button is healing properly? (photo)

Wedlow702Jan 11, 2014
I had a Laparoscopy 1 month ago to determine if I had Endometriosis. At 2 weeks pp I got an infection, bleeding, had a hematoma, and was put on antibiotics. I don't know if I am healing properly because the incision/wound doesn't look right to me. Could I have gotten another infection? The wound doesn't look like it's all the way closed at 1 month. The skin around my incision just looks awful. I still feel sore and get painful twinges in my incision or in my belly button at times as well.

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Dr. Darryl J. Blinski, MD
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Answered on Jan 14, 2014
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