Stitch coming through a healing wound, should I be concerned? (Photo)

There is risk of strangulation with hernias, this is why repair of symptomatic hernias are recommended. however, having a hernia isn't something that should prevent you from flying home, and taking care of the hernia at home. if you had your repair outside the country, consider follow up issues...

Bruising is very common in the first week or two following surgery.  However, I would recommend following up closely with the surgeon that performed the umbilical hernia repair in this early postoperative period to evaluate for any potential complications.Ziyad Hammoudeh, MD

Umbilical hernias are quite common and occur in the setting of a previous surgery, pregnancy, or diastasis recti. We treat umbilical hernias with or without correction of diastasis recti using a combination approach that corrects redundant skin in the lower abdomen and around the belly button....