Low belly button. All I want is for it to look normal (Photo)

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I had my umbcal float tummy tuck 5 months ago and I dislike my results so much because of my low belly bottom. I would like to know my options. All k want is to look normal and I don't look normal can my current bb be closed up and can a acceptable one be made? If so how bad will scarring be? And i also hate Jose wrinkles at the end it seems as if I have little dog ears. And when I bend my skin looks pulled because more skin from sides is wrinkled

John Michael Thomassen, MD · Answer

Because your umbilicus was floated, it lost its blood supply from its stalk and is just dependent on the skin to supply it.  therefore any incisions to attempt to move it up would result in loosing the umbilicus.  My recommendation would be to revise the scar and dog ears and possibly attach the stalk a bit higher to see if this helps give the umbilicus a better appearance.

Gary Lawton, MD, FACS · Answer

The main problem is not even the position of the scar for the belly button, but its orientation.   The narrow vertical orientation is an obvious tell that you had surgery.  You would be best served with revision of the umbilicus to make it smaller and less like a vertical slit.  This can be performed without dividing the blood supply to the belly button. In addition, because they shortened the horizontal scar to deliver a false promise, they left you with lateral dog ears.  Now, to finish the job correctly, you will need the scars extended laterally to flatten the dog ears, making the scar the length it should have been in the first place. It also appears that your upper abdominal muscles need to be reconstructed.

Richard Mark Winters, MD · Answer

'floating' the umbilicus is only very rarely performed for very specific indications (relatively long torso with inherently high belly button).....even so, in hundreds of abdominoplasties I have never floated an umbilicus.... the reason is that it takes the normal blood supply away from the belly button and makes it all but impossible to revise....'reconstructed' belly buttons very rarely turn out acceptably when floated belly buttons get resected in revision abdominoplastiesgood luck

Darryl J. Blinski, MD · Answer

This is the major complication follow the free float TT. Thus you wee NOT a good candidate for thus technique...

Christopher D. Knotts, MD, FACS · Answer

Hello. I agree your belly button looks a little low while standing up. Interestingly, it looks pretty good in a laying position. Your belly button can be moved up into a higher position, but it does come with a scar where your current lower belly button is. The scar would be vertical, several centimeters long, and should heal similarly to the rest of your tummy tuck scar. The gathering at the sides of your scar could be addressed at the same time by lengthening the edges of the incision slightly. Hope that helps!CDK

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