Smelly belly button ...help!!!

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Does anyone else have a smelly belly button? 😭

I didn't know I did but before my shower after the gym I wondered what the smell was... identified it... WTF 🤢

Fungal infection - I get them all the time in mine.

Canestan cream in it…!

Would sudocrem help? I don't have any canesten.

Ugh... hoping it's recent and it's not always been like it and I have never noticed 😭

I put a drop on tea tree oil on a shower scrunchie with and wash mine

Is it sore? If not it’s probably just a build up of dead skin and sweat etc. A good wash and dry (make sure it’s dry!) every day should stop the smell. It’s the same smell you get on stretched ears when they’re not cleaned properly.

Antibiotic ear drops or eyes drops clear it up quickly - then make sure you try it properly after you shower

Its probably a fungal/yeast infection. Get some Clotrimazole. That'll clear ut up.

I stick sudocrem in mine

Mine is really deep and like straight line so it can get minging. The smell is awful, and nude a lm antiseptic wipe each time or some tea tree oil.

I had this a few years back. Dr said it's common if you have a very "innie" bellybutton. She recommended Daktarin cream, use a cotton bud to get it in!

Please be careful putting straight tea tree oil on your skin. You can end up with terrible reactions, even chemical burns

Clean it out and dry, some talc to dry it out and it’ll be fine

Yeast or anaerobic infection, just use some soap and sudocreme!

I had a fungal infection once (identified by smell bleurgh). Each morning and night I cleaned it with hot(ish) salt water and a cotton bud and fully dried it after. I repeated for 4/5 days and it went.

I have a very innie.

I mainly just make sure to give it a 'deep' clean with soap and when/if necessary give a wash with salt water.

Have a Hibiscrub bath and use cotton buds. It'll sort that and take care of any other places where the fungus/bacteria could be lurking on your skin. You might need to bath in it twice, but after that, it'll be pretty much sorted.

As long as it's not red/crusty you can use a bit of rubbing alcohol. Or you can even use hand sanitiser we are all using at the moment - make sure it has 70% alcohol and it'll get rid of the smell.

Chuck a bit of talc in it after you shower. It's just where it doesn't dry properly.

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Thank you. It's kind of an embarrassing thing to ask about 😂

Now if you excuse me, I have a date with cotton buds and salt water ....

I think if it was smelly all the time you'd have noticed it! You noticed it today after all! If it's bad smelling to the point you notice it just from the normal distance your face is from your belly button I'd also say it's likely a fungal infection.

If I've been sweating mine gets really sweaty because my button is massively innie and I need to clean it properly when I'm done doing anything that causes sweat

I dont use talc as it can mix with dampness in the belly button and make a paste that can form into crusty bits. Sudocrem seems to work OK

Sorry to jump in but do you also get discharge ? I've got this problem at the moment and debating whether I need to book a doctor's appointment ? I'd be so embarrassed 🙈

Mine can be moist inside and a bit smelly as its an innie. Sudocrem definitely helps

@MistyPop21. I used to get a discharge and it could be a bit crusty. It was a fungal/yeast infection. I had it on and off for ages. Eventually I used Clotrimazole. You can buy it over the counter. About £3. It cleared it up and I've not had a problem since (2yrs). If you have Canestan on the house, I guess you could try that instead.

Thankyou for replying 😊 I haven't got any canestan but I'll order the other cream now. I've had it on and off for a while too, I thought it was my belly piercing but I took that out a few months ago.