Belly Button Scars After Tummy Tuck. Is there a reason for surgeons to make the opening around the navel so large?

July 12, 2010
Asked By:PRB in Tulsa

I've been researching tummy tucks and looking at before and after photos online. I have seen some really natural looking belly buttons after TT surgery and then I've seen some REALLY strange, ugly ones! Of course if I have the surgery done, I want a well-placed, low TT scar, but I am terrified to come out of surgery with a circle-shaped scar the size of a quarter around my navel! I don't see why surgeons choose to make the opening around the navel so large. Is there a reason for that?

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