So we all know how a bellybuttons outer end looks like, because we can just look at it. But what about the inner end? Whats on the inside of the bellybutton? Is it still conected to anything? Is it a tube that just ends?
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Oh! I have a related anecdote! Starting in my late teens or so, my belly button was perpetually angry and would smell weird and occasionally weep reddish brown nasties. No matter how often and carefully I cleaned it, that would come and go.
A few years ago I finally got sick of it and decided to investigate. I saw my PCP, a dermatologist, two infectious disease specialists, and finally a general surgeon. I got X-rays, a CT scan, and an MRI.
The surgeon finally figured out that my belly button was SUPER deep, like almost all the way to the muscle-deep, and there was an infection at its depth. Every time it started to heal, normal movement would reinfect that skin, hence the off-and-on yuck. So he sliced open my belly button from underneath, cut out all the infected tissue, and closed it up, along with an unknown hernia. My new “belly button” is only like half an inch deep. No more smells!
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