My Belly Button Has Scabs All over is This Normal? (photo)

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My belly button has scabs all over is this normal? And The outside scab is like black and the inside is like a crusty clear I'm a week and one day post op what should I do ??

Vincent N. Zubowicz, MD · Answer

I don't see any problem with healing at the moment. Careful but thorough cleansing of the umbilical area will decrease the amount of cresting as well as a number of bacteria.

Aldo Guerra, MD · Answer

Hello and thanks for your post. The photos demonstrate fairly good healing around your BB. Talk to your PS, but I don't see anything worrisome in the photo.

Joseph L. Grzeskiewicz, MD, FACS · Answer

This is completely normal, and you should not worry at all. Keep the area clean as you are, and do like your mother always told you: don't pick the scabs! They will come off on their own when they are healed. The belly button is really our first original scar, and as such, it sometimes takes a little longer to heal, but when it does, it looks just like a belly button! Just be patient.

Jeffrey Zwiren, MD · Answer

A crust and dark scab over the umbilicus is not uncommon.  At your next visit your plastic surgeon will likely clean it up a bit.

Deborah Ekstrom, MD · Answer

It is common to see a few scabs and crusts aroung the incision after tummy tuck surgery and nothing to worry about. If you are now allowed to shower, gentle washing with soap and water and patting dry is all that is needed. Don't pick or pull at them and they will separate on their own, or let your pastic sugeon or her nurse deal with them at a visit. Everything looks fine at this point.

Jourdan Gottlieb, MD · Answer

Not sure if I would say normal, but certainly not unusual and not alarming. It will be best to call your own surgeon for instructions. His/her instructions will trump mine. 

	All the best.

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My Belly Button Has Scabs All over is This Normal? (photo)

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