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Fixing Belly Button After Tummy Tuck
I had a tummy tuck 1 year ago and am not pleased with my belly button. It has a raised scar all the way around it. Is it possible to fix that? If so, what are the chances that it will scar that way again?
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CalGal
in Los Angeles, Ca
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Belly Button Revision after Tummy Tuck
There are several reasons why patients do not like their belly buttons after tummy tucks. Here are several examples of why. Some feel that their:
1. Belly button look like a slit
2. Belly button is too large
3. Belly button position is too high or too low
4. Raised or excessive scarring of their belly button
First and foremost, all of the concerns above can be addressed in a revision procedure. Their are different techniques for each type of...
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A scar revision may certainly help
A year after surgery it is ceratinly reasonable to consider revising a scar of this nature. I would say given the suture marks and rasised nature of the scar, you would be able to make it better by re-excising it. We are also getting some really exciting results in scar appearance using the echo2 fractional CO2 laser.
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Fixing Belly Button After Tummy Tuck
After one year if the scar is raised or hypertrophic a scar revision is appropriate to perform. This can be done under local anesthesia in the office with minimal time required.
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Bellybutton revision after a tummy tuck
Tummy tucks are a very popular and effective way to contour the abdomen. Aesthetically, one of the most important components of a tummy tuck is the appearance of the bellybutton. In our practice, we typically create a vertical bellybutton and avoid placing a scar around the bellybutton by placing it at the bottom of this structure.
However, we commonly have patients come to practice after having received a tummy tuck elsewhere for a revision of the bellybutton. If the patient has...
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Some of it can be fixed
It really irritates me that the focal point of the abdomen, the belly button, is given the least amount of thought and surgical time. Most surgeons make a round hole and stick the belly button into it. Okay I digress, see my blog for more. For your problem I would re excise the scar, use different suture to close it then watch closely to see if the hypertrophy you got the first time occurs again. If it does steroids can help.
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Umbilical scar revision
If you are distraught with the appearance, I would certainly advise you to try a scar revision. There are no guarantees that you will get a better scar but you are operating under completely different circumstances.
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Belly button scar revision
It is certaily possible to revise a belly button scar at one year after surgery, but it may be no better than it was.
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