All of my sutures are flat and even with my skin and not painful except the large one above my belly button. It is so deep it literally looks like a second belly button! It is so sore and feels like it could pop at any minute. Anyone else have this issue? Is this normal?

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That's weird. I can't perceive what you're talking about. I have a legit "second belly button" on my side because when I was in utero I had a stent placed.

The incisions should heal flat like traditional scars. It could be clotting/scabbing which makes it appear more gaping than it actually is.

I'm on my 5th day post lap sleeve & 2 of my incision wounds are indented, precisely the 2nd & the 4th. I guess this is just temporary. Just relax & take it day by day. The scar issue will hopefully resolve over time

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15 months out and my incision above the navel looks like a second belly button too

I have this too. I am betting the one you are talking about is the incision they used to remove the excess stomach. I also had a hematoma that formed and then burst, so my scar is easily twice the size of the other incisions and sinks in about a half inch. I am 17 months post surgery, so yeah... it's a forever kind of thing. But honestly, with all of the stretch marks and other scars I have, no one has commented on it yet. It's clearly visible too.

I feel like I have the same thing happening. I think it is probably more pronounced at higher weights. It is looking a bit better, I am only about 4 weeks post-op. But like @@BigViffer said this is the larger incision where the stomach was removed. My nurse told me when I discussed the incisions that hurt more (this one and one on my left), she said stomach one and left are more manipulated during surgery so they hurt a bit more.

I have this too! It's crooked... :/ I'm hoping that, as I lose flab, it flattens out some.

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I had this too, and mine was about four inches to the side of my real belly button so it looked really weird.

Luckily it did pop after about three weeks post surgery and now it's flat (well, I can't really call my belly flat, but you know what I mean) just like my other scars. I did ask the nurse after it happened and she said it was fine, that my internal stitches were dissolvable so it must have dissolved and so the skin flattened out again.

Hope yours does too!

Jo x

So the incision that's on my left side was like this - it was basically like a crater it looked like.. slowly, skin filled it in and it healed up just fine. I was told it did this because that area is more manipulated during surgery and because I had a bad reaction to the gastrographen they did to test for leaks and did a lot of dry heaving about 18 hours after surgery so it opened a bit. But 2 months out it's all filled in.. I can tell the skin there is thinner than other skin as it's still filling in beneath and it's definitely the nastiest looking of my scars, but it seems to be healing! If in doubt give your surgeon a call and ask , especially if you're in pain.