Healing time for belly button incision (lap) and weeping

[KittyTherapy]

Hi, just wondering how long the belly button incision should take to heal following a laparoscopy? And what is 'normal'. The belly button incision seems to be taking the longest to heal compared to the other incisions. And there is some foul smelling weeping (mild). Not sure if this should be a concern. Any advice appreciated. Thank you

[Slothmum11]

Hi, I had redness around mine and they said it looked infected so I had antibiotics. On Friday (day 11) the nurse cut my dissolvable stitch because it was very tight. I literally felt better immediately! By Saturday morning it had dried out and was less pink. See if the GP can take a look or a nurse. Hope all goes well.

[DarkStar85]

Mine took 2 weeks to stop weeping. There was quite a lot of fluid in mine. I had a slight infection and went on antibiotics, i had mild fever and felt rubbish. Had to get the wound redressed twice by a nurse. The second time she cut the dressing in half to let air in and worked a treat to dry it out. If you can get air into it should help. Keep an eye on your temperature. The nurse said mine didn't have a foul smell but if it did its a sign of infection so get it checked x

[Endofitall]

please see a dr about this. It shouldn’t be smelly and weepy x

[Endofitall in reply to Endofitall]

My first lap my belly button took 6 weeks to look a bit more normal and not all scabby but it was dry from 1 week post op. This time round post lap I had wound get smelly and weepy after 2 weeks and am now on antibiotics.

[KittyTherapy]

Thanks for all the replies. Will get it looked at 🙂

[Tinkerjack1912]

hi I would get it checked out as it shouldn’t be smelly and weeping. Good luck.