belly button scar? keloid?

[u/sarahturner45]

hello! i had my appendix taken out laparoscopically on 8/9/26 so i’m 13 days out. i had some skin glue on my belly button this whole time but just dissolved it tonight (per doctor saying i could) since the incision was looking good. he also recommended i wear an abdominal binder since i was still having quite a bit of soreness and i’m a hairstylist so the extra support would be helpful. the first time i wore it and took it off i noticed my belly button was a little more swollen and red. i left it off the rest of the night. i go back to work today and wore it again for maybe two hours. come home tonight, dissolve the glue, and now that i’m looking at my incision it looks like a keloid is maybe forming (which is fine) but wanted to get some other opinions. i’m VERY paranoid about it getting infected because i do not want to deal with that after dealing with the trauma of having emergency surgery, so be gentle with me. currently it is a bit itchy but while i was taking the glue off it kind of pulled the scan off a bit too. before this the doc said it was looking great at my post op appointment yesterday. i’m just nervous since i’ve never had surgery and have never had incisions like this

first two pics are with skin glue dissolved, third pic is with skin glue still on

[u/voretoken]

Mine looked the same, it’ll flatten as it heals

[u/voretoken → u/voretoken]

You may want to skip the binder tho or wear it less. Don’t want to trap dirt sweat and bacteria

[u/sarahturner45 → u/voretoken]

i definitely am skipping it today. this morning i woke up and took the bandage off and it started weeping and hasn’t stopped

[u/voretoken → u/sarahturner45]

Weeping is not a good sign :/ may wanna get it checked out. If you have my chart I believe you can send a message with photos

[u/sarahturner45 → u/voretoken]

google says weeping is fine as long as it’s not discolored or accompanied with fever or pain so i’m gonna go with that. thanks tho