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The Top of my New Belly Button Has Begun to Turn Brown Three and a Half Weeks Post FTT?

asked 1 year ago by melissa02 in VA
Latest answer by Vivek Bansal, MD
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Tags: belly button, female, discoloration, 3 weeks post-op, normal

this area was not brown at all for the first two weeks after the tt, the docor said it may be what the inside skin of my belly button originally looked like or a combination of that and bruising. This doesnt look like bruising to me and he doesnt feel any concern for it. Is there anything that can be done to turn it back to the normal color again?? Its hideous!

2 answers to The Top of my New Belly Button Has Begun to Turn Brown Three and a Half Weeks Post FTT?

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Pigmentation is common with the trauma of surgery and will go away over time. Inflammation is the cause of this color change and you may ask your Board Certified Plastic Surgeon if you can add a bleach cream to this area to decrease the color change. First you need to have your Board Certified Plastic Surgeon determine it is pigmentation from melanin, and not some other cause.
Vivek Bansal, MD

Danville Plastic Surgeon
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Brown Belly Button After Tummy Tuck

Dear Melissa02 in VA: The skin in the belly button is often a little darker than the skin of the abdomen. At two weeks out from surgery you also have increased blood vessels in the skin and congestion of blood in the belly button. This usually peaks 3-6 weeks out from surgery and then begins to resolve. It may take a full year for the color to return to base line. If the area continues to tan, adding a bleaching agent may be helpful. You do not want to start this until the area... more
Joseph Mele, MD

Walnut Creek Plastic Surgeon

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