I am almost four months post op and I think my belly button is too big! I am a petite woman, I wish my surgeon could have made a smaller, delicate belly button! It looks too elongated and too open. It is about 1,5 cm long and 1,1 cm wide. Is it how is supposed to be? Can the circumference Of belly button be made smaller in the future?
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March 2, 2015
Answer: Is it possible to make the circumference of my belly button smaller?
I have personally not seen a significant difference in bleeding from patients taking normal doses of vitamins.Different surgeons have different views on this topic.Tell your surgeon about all medications, vitamins and supplements you're taking.Best of luck,Mats Hagstrom, M.D.
Unless you can find the knot, you will either have to see a local surgeon to have it removed or pull on it and cut at skin level and allow end to retract under skin... accepting that you are not getting the suture removed and that it could expose itself again. Without knowing what kind of...
I would encourage you to notify your plastic surgeon immediately. You will surely not be the first patient in this situation. Your hormone levels can remain high for at least a month after abortion and this will be evident in the pre-op testing results. For the anesthesiologist...