Medical Advice

It’s been doing this for years but this is the worst.

That's a problem my man. I'm no doctor, so serious caveat there, but my initial assumption is this is a fungal infection given its appearance and how long it's lasted. If that's what it is, you're going to have to get some kind of antifungal cream to treat it.

Again, I'm absolutely not a doctor. There are a couple over the counter antifungals you could try: Lotrimin, Neosporin, Tinactin, and Lamisil. I recommend you read about each beforehand.

Whenever you take a shower, wash it very gently with an unscented, mild soap like this one, and make sure your belly button is 100% dry before doing anything else. No creams, no clothes until that belly button is as dry as Ben Shapiro's wife. Get a hair dryer, it'll make it faster and help you know it's fully dry. Consider trimming off all your hair in that spot right now to help it dry faster. Any lingering moisture is going to perpetuate the issue.

Once your belly button is completely dry, then you apply the antifungal cream.

All this said, maybe it'd be prudent to visit an urgent care about this. Urgent care fees tend to be pretty affordable. Maybe see if you can get a quote ahead of time for one. It's likely that if this is a fungal infection, an OTC cream won't be strong enough, and you'll need a prescription like ketoconazole. The prescription itself probably won't be very much, because these creams tend to be pretty cheap.

I REPEAT YOUR BELLY BUTTON MUST BE SO DRY THAT BEN SHAPIRO WOULD MARRY IT. Probably nothing will work if you don't fully dry it after every shower and don't let it stay sweaty for too long. Do you tend to have a moist belly button? If so, Ben Shapiro would not like it

I am a doctor, not your doctor.

First, you need to clean the area with soap and water. It's hard to say a lot with the way it looks now.

Second, that looks like a fungal infection. You can treat it OTC with athlete's foot medications or something for ringworm. I usually say topical terbinafine, which is the generic in a lot of those creams.

Third, might be less popular, but I'd encourage shaving the area. Hair makes it hard to care for or cleanse wounds. There are slightly higher rates of infection in situations like perioperative infections, but for fine care, it'll be way easier for you.

Go see a doctor. Even a registered nurse can prescribe you something for that. Broad spectrum Antibiotics, antifungals and a general watch for HS. Dont be trolling here for advice on how to avoid a diagnosis. Just go see a medical professional.

Idk what that is so I'm mostly just commenting to boost the post, but maybe it's a fungal infection? Idk I hope you get a good answer and solution, if I were you I'd wash it regularly, use some A&D, and call a doctor if it gets worse

Standard caveat: I'm not a doctor, and even if I was, I'm not your doctor, and only an idiot would play doctor online to begin with.

Well, you can look up details for how to do it, but you need to start excluding what could be causing so that you can maybe prevent it.

Just off of one picture, nobody is going to be 100% able to point to a cause, but the area doesn't look like something that's like psoriasis, nor does it look like an infection. It could be those, but this is a small, compressed image online, and that's the best you can really get.

Since the most common cause of that kind of irritation is contact with an irritant/allergen, you gotta try to figure out what it is. In the navel, I'd start excluding soaps, conditioner, lotions and the like. Then maybe move to laundry detergents. Again, you can look up the process for doing so, and it'll likely be better written than me trying to explain it.

If you do that, and can't find a culprit, start saving up for the visit and tests.