I have lost about 20 lbs. and a little flap of loose skin is now hanging over my originally horizontal-shaped navel. I have no loose skin from the navel to the groin but I really don't like the look of my navel following the weight loss. I have taken regular exercise throughout my weight loss. My question is: could I just have my belly button reshaped from a horizontal one to a vertical one? Or would I need something more radical like a Tummy Tuck to correct it? Thank you.
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Thank you for your question! For my patients having a tummy tuck, with or without muscle repair, I recommend that they take 3 weeks off of cardio at the gym, and 6 weeks off of weight training and yoga exercises. I recommend discussing specific post op instructions with your plastic surgeon....
Unless there is some unusual circumstance, insurance companies generally do not cover tummy tuck surgery. In other words, insurance companies do not consider this operation medically necessary. Sometimes, however insurance companies will cover excision of lower abdominal wall skin/apron; this ...
It’s
definitely possible to perform an abdominoplasty without tightening the
underlying muscles.When patients have
loose abdominal skin and tight underlying muscles there’s really no reason to tighten
the muscles.Unfortunately this
situation is rare and most patients need their muscles tig...