Really strange...scab/irritation covering waistline incision site from 2005?!

Hi Sam, I didn't have that kind of trouble, but it sounds like herpes zoster. It is a viral desease which comes along with skin rash and scab as you describe it, usually in a circular shape like a belt. Look it up in the web and if it applies to your issues you should visit a dermatologist or at least a general practitioner. There are antiviral meds to stop the rash from spreading and pain relievers if necessary.

Thanks, Steve. I looked it up, and it looked nothing like that. It basically just looked like a scab you would have after you you cut/scrape your skin. It just ran along my waistline. It seems like it is feeling better after the scab was removed by the doctor and some ointment was applied.

Hi Samwold, I have not had this --but I didn't have a laparoscopy (was your entire colon removed by this method? I have heard of that). I think you might be onto something by saying that it is at your waistline and perhaps your pants were rubbing against it. The chafing could have irritated the scar and ultimately caused the scab. It is odd, though, that this is the first time it has happened since 2005. How weird! Did something change? Tighter pant waistline? Extremely hot weather?  I hope you heal up soon!

Maybe your scarred area is at least partially numb and you didn’t feel the soreness until it spread a little onto area that does have more or normal feeling?  

I don’t know what size your laparoscopic scar/s are/is, because I had traditional long surgical scar, and the entire scar had no feeling at all for a very long time.  Some of it still doesn’t.