Options for Improving Belly Button Appearance After Tummy Tuck?

asked 3 years ago by ttaylor in New Orleans, LA
Latest answer by Otto Joseph Placik, MD
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Tags: belly button

I had a tummy tuck and some lipo work done in March of 07. Before the surgery I could see my belly button. Presently, my belly button looks like puckered lips, and I am unable to see it. I would like to know if that will change over time? I would also like to know if there is anything that I could do about the appearance of my belly button?

I am happy with the results of the surgery but expected my belly button to look better. I really do not like it. It looks like I had something done.

6 answers to Options for Improving Belly Button Appearance After Tummy Tuck?

Belly Button Improvement

Thanks for your question - After one year you are probably have the final look of your belly button. It depends somewhat on how much of your original belly-button remains but in most cases a revision can be performed under local anesthesia to improve the appearance. Be sure to find a board certified plastic surgeon. I hope this helps.

Steven H. Williams, MD
San Francisco Plastic Surgeon

Modified "Marble" trick for funky umbo

There may be many reasons for the funny and puckered appearance of the belly button or umbilicus. If approved by your surgeon, I would suggest using a silicone cream/ointment (if not infected) combined with a sunscreen/block. Glass marbles have been used to stent open a closed umbilicus and reduce swelling. Glass marbles can be found at a craft's store. Occasionally I prefer glass beads because a small string can be placed which makes them easier to retrieve or remove once in... more

Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Creating a Sexy Belly Button

When a Plastic surgeon examines another colleagues' Tummy Tuck one of the items that screams excellence, defines attention to detail and mastery of the operation is the appearance of the belly button. We all know what a belly button should NOT look like. It should not look like a vertical slit, nor like a narrow or pinhole golf tee which cannot be seen from the side. And it should not look like "puckered lips". A Sexy belly... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

Improving the belly button if you're after a tummy tuck

Patients who have had a tummy tuck and wish to improve the appearance of the belly button have many different options. It is possible to read you the tummy tuck if you have enough looseness in your lower abdominal skin. This will allow your surgeon to re-create a brand-new bellybutton. If you do not have enough laxity, the belly button maybe we contour with an umbilicoplasty. During this procedure, the skin around your belly button may be redraped to provide a more pleasing appearance... more

B. Pat Pazmino, MD
Miami Plastic Surgeon

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Belly button and tummy tuck

If you had an abdominoplasty in 2007 and your belly button is not satisfactory, you may want to consider a revision of the umbilicus. Sometimes this is a very simple straight forward procedure that can be very satisfying.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Revise Belly Button

Occasionally, the belly button requires a minor revision. this can be done in the office with local anesthesia and little or no down time. Talk to your doctor, he will probably be happy to take care of this for you.

Elizabeth A. Kinsley, MD
Covington Plastic Surgeon

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