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It sounds like the scar tissue is starting to form under it. Are you having any pain that's worsening around the incision or oozing? I think it's pretty normal for it to get darker as it heals. I'm 20 months post 2nd C-section, and you can barely see mine now. You're only 3 weeks, and it really needs time to heal. I'd let it do that, and then 8 weeks post C-section, it should be starting to fade already.

@JennyPenny: Keep in mind that your doc had to go through multiple layers to get the baby out. So you've got scar tissue forming for not only the layers of skin, but the muscle and fat they cut through as well as your uterus. That's a lot to cut through in order to get that babe out!

My second incision reopened 2 weeks out, and I have a bit more of a bump on that side if I press on it from additional scar tissue. Other than that...2 years postpartum, you won't be able to tell...trust me! Once you're a little further out, you could also use Mederma to help to fade the scar as well.

My physio recommended once it's healed and not painful to start massaging the scar daily in little cirlces to help break up the scar tissue and keep it from adhering.

Definitely too early to tell what it will look like at this point. Mine went through phases of looking more angry and then healing more cleanly. And I also had a part open and drain a little and had a skin infection there in the first week pp. I did a bit of massage maybe starting around 8/10 weeks pp. By the time I got pregnant again at 13 months pp it was a barely noticeable thin red line.

@JennyPenny: it sounds normal. Mine did the same thing with my second. I was actually pretty depressed about it because my incision after my first looked so good. It was pretty dark and raised, like you could feel the scar tissue underneath. Now at 11 month pp it looks almost exactly the same as my incison did after my first. Give it time!

Do you have keloids? What you describe sounds like that, my mom has them. It's just how she heals