Will a Tummy Tuck Get Rid of All my Stretchmarks and Belly Button Piercing Scar?

asked 1 year ago by Newbie<3
Latest answer by John Whitt, MD
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Tags: belly button, stretch marks, after pregnancy, piercing

I've had children and had a nice flat tummy before, and wanted to know if a tummy tuck will help with the orange peel looking skin and stretch marks- which extend up about 2 inches above my belly button. Also the scar from my belly button piercing. Any advice would be great.

9 answers to Will a Tummy Tuck Get Rid of All my Stretchmarks and Belly Button Piercing Scar?

Stretch Marks & Tummy Tuck

A full tummy tuck usually removes most, if not all of the stretch marks below the belly button or umbilicus. In your case this should be the situation. The umbilical scar will likely be removed as well and the stretch marks which are located above your belly button should be moved to your suprapubic area.

John Whitt, MD
Louisville Plastic Surgeon

Tummy Tuck Removing Stretch Marks

Tummy tuck known as abdominoplasty will tighten the weakened abdominal wall and remove excess loose abdominal skin. The procedure will typically remove the majority of stretch marks that are at the level of the belly button (umbilicus) and below. It may remove some the stretch marks that are above the umbilicus but, this is determined by the amount of skin laxity. For more information, see DRMEZROW.com

Craig Mezrow, MS, MD
Philadelphia Plastic Surgeon

Tummy tuck removes excess skin

A tummy-tuck is performed when there is excess skin usually following weight loss and/or pregnancy(ies). The amount of skin removed depends on the amount of excess skin. In almost all cases the entire skin below the belly button is removed. In cases where there is an unusual amount of excess skin further skin removal including part of the skin above the belly button may also be removed. In any case the belly button ring scar should be able to be removed. It's important for you to know... more

George Lefkovits, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

Stretch marks can only be cut out

If your stretch marks are below the navel then most of them will be removed as a full tummy tuck the old navel will be pulled down to the pubis and a new navel will be made. It will be very difficult to cut out the scar above your navel.

Hilton Becker, MD
Boca Raton Plastic Surgeon

Ill a Tummy Tuck Get Rid of All my Stretchmarks and Belly Button Piercing Scar?

From the so kindly posted photo my answer is only 70 to 80% of the stretch marks will be gone. You just do not have enough tissue to stretch downward. See in person boarded PSs in your area.

Darryl J. Blinski, MD
Miami Plastic Surgeon

With a tummy tuck most of the scar should be gone but not all

In most tummy tucks all the skin below the umbilicus will be removed sometimes a portion of the skin above will be removed. The umbilical scar should be removed as well. Regardless you should have a significant cosmetic improvements.

Dev Wali, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

Tummy Tuck to Improve Crinkly Skin and remove Belly Button Ring Hole

Those stretch marks above the belly button will not be gone, but they will be quite low and stretched tightly so that the “orange peel skin” will be flat and, mostly, smooth. It is usually also usually easy to remove the piercing. From your picture, you should get a good result.

Robert T. Buchanan, MD
Highlands Plastic Surgeon

Some stretch marks will stay.

The stretch marks above the belly button will not be removed. The good news is that they will be lower and much less noticeable. The piercing should be gone. I would expect you to get a great result!

Brian Klink, MD
Sacramento Plastic Surgeon

www.solanoplasticsurgery.com

No, you won't get rid of all the stretch marks with a tummy tuck

Because you don't have enough extra skin in the upper abdomen, you can't get rid of all of your stretch marks. But those below the belly button and the piercing can probably be removed. The ones left over will be tightened and will look better that they do now. Hardly any patients can get rid of ALL stretch marks but that doesn't stop them from loving their results!