I have a problem I first noticed one day in the bathtub. It felt like I had a cut going across my lower stomach. It got better so I didn't think anything of it. Then last night this same region was really itchy. So itchy I couldn't stand it and kept itching at it because I thought maybe a bug bite or a skin irritation, etc. My lower belly has a pooch as many of us do that have have a few children and or are overweight but right under this pooch it looks like someone took a knife and cut part way through the skin! I was really shocked to see this and wonder if I could of ripped it open with all of my scratching. Does anyone else have problems like this? I put hydrocortizone cream on it but what is causing this? Maybe my extra weight but I've been this weight for quite a while and never had this issue before. Any insite would be helpful. I don't think my pants or underwear are cutting into me because it's not at the pantyline or the waistline.

Gosh, I don't know what that could be. If it were me, I'd probably make an appointment with a doc, just to get it checked out and ease my worried mind.

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Ok so I am going to ask you if it smells at all my grandma just got over this exact thing it was a yeast infection. You need to dress it with towels so that it will dry up and eat lots of yougart... you can get some topical med for it but I think while my gram was in the hospital the just washed it really well and then kept it dry you could just call your doctor and ask or ask-a-nurse if you on't have a doctor but ...that is what I think it is.. Hers also would get better and then worse before it got properly taken care of.

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I have that problem sometimes too, I had got pregnant 9 years after having my tubes cut, tied and burned... anyway I was hemmoraging inside so they rushed me into OR and cut me hip to hip.
Now I have a little pouch, I only weigh 110 lbs but still have one above the scar!!! the cut is right at the bikini line and especially in the summer it will itch, I use Desitin ointment, my scar gets raw and will crack too but the desitin works really well. smear it on...

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It sounds like you have a fungal rash. i get those and they are very itchy & you will scratch it until it's red/raw/bleeding. Keep the area clean & dry. Use an anti-fungal cream (hydrocortizone stuff will not help & maybe make it worse). Look for a cream in the athlete's foot section of the drug store. Tinactin is one of them. If that does not work, get a Rx cream from the doctor. I have tons of them. Also, desitin medicated powder applied to the area to keep it dry.

Wow! Thank you for the info. I've never thought about using Desitin. I have always used the hydrocortizone cream in the past, but it never really took the itch away.

I agree....that's what it sounds like.

Lotrimin or Lomisil. Those are the ones that are good. Couldn't recall the names earlier.

Thanks ladies. I will try the antifungal cream and see if that helps. What great advice. That's something I never thought of.

You mentioned there is a pooch - is it from that, where some skin/fat overlaps and kind of lays on the skin underneath? If so, yeah, it's probably a fungus. I get it under my boobs once in a while, especially if it's warm and humid and I haven't been able to shower for two days (igh!). Try putting powder there for maintenance after it clears up.

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