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Where Should Belly Button Scar Be After Tummy Tuck?

I am considering surgeons for a tummy tuck and not sure about where the best place for the belly button scar should be. Some surgeons prefer to hide scar inside belly button, but others go outside edge. Which is better? I don't really like the way it looks on the outside, but was told by one surgeon it has a better result after healing. Please help! Thanks! (Houston, TX)

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Belly Button Scar after Tummy Tuck?

A full abdominoplasty requires the surgical creation of a new belly button. Creating the new belly button, which is called an umbilicoplasty, is a part of tummy tuck surgery that requires a great deal of attention and finesse on the part of the surgeon. My goal is to create a new belly button that, as much as possible, resembles a 'natural' belly button. Natural belly buttons do NOT look like a perfect circle, and circular umbilicoplasty scars are a tummy tuck dead giveaway. The... more

Michael Law, MD

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Raleigh-Durham Plastic Surgeon

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Belly button scar

The belly button is sited through the upper abdominal flap after it is secured in place. As for the final scar, sometimes thge scar may be hidden deep if the flap is relatively thick, and sometimes it is not.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

The location of the belly button scar with tummy tuck

The belly button scar is essential an opening in the abdominal skin with the stump of the natural umbilicus repaired to the edges of the opening. The location of that scar/incision cannot always be controlled and may roll inwards with a tight and short umbilicus. see video

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Belly button scar after tummy tuck

If you are having a full tummy tuck, your belly button stalk comes through a fenestration, (window), made in the abdominal soft tissue to let the stalk come through. Plastic surgeons all have different ways of making the incision in the skin to get the best result in their hands. Some guys like vertical, elliptical, circular, etc. Scars usually look the worst at 4 months and then better after 10 months. So you do have to wait to see the final result. ... more

The Belly Button and Tummy Tuck

There is not much of a choice of how the belly button is approached. If you have a full tummy tuck then the incision is always around the belly button. The final result in appearance depends on how the surgeon handles suturing the belly button back to its natural position. Dr. ES

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