Vertical bulge (in shape of surgical cannula) above my belly button & how can it be fixed? (Photos)

September 17, 2022
Asked By:Original841687 in Washington, District of Columbia

I developed a vertical bulge above my belly button after two c sections more than 10 years ago. The bulge is about 0.5 cm wide and 4 cm long, in the strange shape of a surgical cannula. No procedure was done in the region except for c sections. I don’t have diastasis recti per my OBGYN doctor. What could have caused this bulge (a surgical cannula at the c section time?)? Can it be fixed? Thanks.

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