Muscle repair through belly button?

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7 answers to “Muscle repair through belly button?”

A: Muscle repair thru belly button is done, but are you right for it?

By Ricardo Rodriguez, MD - Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

I do a full muscle repair thru belly button, and I do get a tight closure with it. I sometimes combine it with liposuction. This procedure works for people who have a muscle separation, good skin tone, and some fat. These indications fit only a small percentage of my patients. A "High lateral Tension... more

A: Repair of the muscles though an umbilical incision

By Michael Baroody, MD - Danbury Plastic Surgeon

If your concern is strictly isolated to the area below your belly button, then you may be a candidate for a mini-abdominoplasty. This procedure includes an incision along the pubic area then tightening the muscles below the belly button only. If you do not have extra skin but rather... more

A: I think you need a mini

By Christopher L. Hess, MD - Fairfax Plastic Surgeon

If the laxity is in the lower abdomen than the most appropriate procedure would be a mini tummy tuck. Even it you don't have excess skin the incision can be small in the suprapubic region. Trying to tighten the muscle through a belly button incision can be done but the visualization is poor and the... more

A: Muscle repair through the belly button

By Otto Joseph Placik, MD - Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Yes muscle repair can be performed through the belly button but if your belly skin sags when you bend over, you would likely see a better result with a full tummy tuck or a marriage/hybrid abdominoplasty.

A: These are 2 different procedures for 2 diferent problems.

By Robert T. Buchanan, MD - Highlands Plastic Surgeon

You are talking about two completely different procedures. Tightening the muscle (in actuality the fascia between the muscles) through the belly button is done at the time of a “mini-abdominoplasty.” This is a procedure that removes the excess skin present on the lower abdomen when the skin on the... more

A: Options of muscle tightening

By Brent Moelleken, MD - Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

With abdominal reparative surgery, you can analyze the three key components: skin, muscle and fascia. Muscle can indeed be tightened through the belly button with the endoscopic technique, the entire length of the abdomen. However this technique will not remove any loose skin. For women who... more

A: Muscle repair

By Robin T.W. Yuan, MD - Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

It might be possible to tighten some of the muscle through a belly button incision and an endoscope might help but the tightening would be modest. You cannot do a high lateral tension abdominoplasty through the belly button. A carefyl analysis will indicate if a muscle repair is even necessary. Sometimes... more