A patient who had a hernia two years ago and had surgery at a local hospital recently had a recurrence that would go back when she was lying or sitting and come out when she stood up. The patient felt particularly helpless. She also looked up many treatments for her hernia on the Internet, including hernia belts and minimally invasive surgery. Each hospital says their own method is the best. Now she wants to find a treatment method that can completely cure her hernia and prevent it from recurring. I understand this patient’s feelings, and I am sure it must be very sad for me to have a hernia recurrence. But I didn’t know the details of the surgery at the time, and it’s been 2 years since it happened, so the best mindset is to look ahead and envision how you can achieve better health with your current physical condition. Rather than looking back, that’s how life gets better and better. It is certain that only surgery is possible to repair a hernia, including a recurrent hernia, and that a hernia belt or other methods cannot repair the hole or the defect. Any patient wants to be completely cured and not to recur; so does the doctor, who wants to be completely cured and not to recur in any of his surgeries. This wish is very good, but if the patient knew what a hernia is, what a hernia repair is, and what a recurrence is, we would know and understand what I am saying: it is certain that there is no surgical method that guarantees no recurrence, and the recurrence rate after surgery for a recurrent hernia is higher than for a primary hernia. These are scientific realities and medicine is not good for bragging or fantasy. A hernia is actually a localized layer of the belly that is too weak or even has a hole where it can eat the force, and there is always pressure inside the belly to run out, especially when the hole is in a low position (in the case of inguinal hernia, it is when standing), and the intestines run out from the hole. If there is no suitable piece of cloth for hernia repair, then the cloth on both sides of the hole will be torn and sewn together, which will easily be torn apart again after the repair, and recurrence will also occur if the cloth next to the hole is not strong enough. However, there are many factors that determine whether the patch can grow and cover the hole successfully, such as the need for scar healing, which takes about 3 months to heal completely. There are also many cases of “recurrence” when the original hole is patched and another hole appears next to it. The doctor has only done one part to prevent recurrence, and even if the patient takes care of it, there is no guarantee that there will be no recurrence. If we understand these problems, we can be mentally prepared to operate again, go back to the doctor for a detailed examination, choose open or laparoscopic repair according to the situation, and cooperate with the doctor to do a good job to prevent recurrence, most patients can be opened without recurrence, but there is no guarantee.