Low Belly Button After TT. What Can I Do? (photo)

i had a full tt 2 weeks ago and im concerned about my belly button being to low. i was told it would only be lowered 1 inch, but its much lower then that. i did the floating because i was told i was a good canidate for it. can it be fixed. if so how much.

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Too-low belly button after abdominoplasty with "float." What to do now?

Unfortunately, you have had a long-incision abdominoplasty with umbilical "float" when you were actually a better candidate for a full or extended abdominoplasty with "standard" umbilical transposition. (That surgical judgement may not have been evident pre-operatively, but it clearly is now.) Now that the umbilical stalk has been transected surgically, the only blood supply to the umbilicus is through the surrounding skin dermal capillaries. Any revisionary surgery that might... more

Umbilicoplasty may be another option.

After an umbilical float abdominoplasty, the belly button only get its blood supply from the surrounding skin, not from underneath as after a standard abdonimoplasty. Therefore, moving the belly button up could very well could cause umbilical necrosis. One alternative could be excising the current belly button and reconstructing a new at a more desireable level. Discuss this with your surgeon. lhc

Stuck with low belly button (floated)

This is one of the reasons I don't like to float the belly button. Unless the skin excess above the navel is minimal, this is what happens when you mobilize the skin between the navel and the rib cage. There are better ways to handle this situation during abdominoplasty but at this point those options don't exist. There are some ways to manage this but they are not great. I would suggest that you discuss this with your surgeon and get some opinions from other... more

Low Belly Button After TT

The belly button can be moved up , but it will require a small vertical scar.It could also be re positioned higher ,but the original belly button will result in a scar You do have a lot of extra skin so your best bet would be to re- do the tummy tuck

Floating belly button position

Unfortunately, the blood supply to the belly button is now based on the skin surrounding the belly button, than from the umbilical stalk. Thus, trying to move the belly button at this point will likely compromise the blood supply and may lead to necrosis of the umbilicus. You can try to base the umbilicus on a dermal pedicle (random flap) and reposition it hire, but this will result in a vertical scar under the belly button much like doing a breast lift. You can check out... more