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I had an abdominal surgery about 6 weeks ago. i feel that the skin between my belly button and my incision is very numb. is this typical?
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Injury to nerve ends: It could be inevitable cutting of nerves to the skin of numb area. There may or may not be improvement.
Answered 1/25/2014
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