When can I get my belly button pierced after a tummy tuck?

Although your surgeon should be the only final advice on this matter, for my patients I generally recommend waiting six months. This allows time for the blood supply to the belly button to recover from the surgical trauma, and for the scars to soften and fade. Although the risk of an infected pierced belly button, even in unoperated tissue, is never zero, after six months it should be acceptably low and unlikely. Just make sure you follow appropriate sterility protocols, and after care, after getting it pierced.Best of luck!Dr. SubbioBoard-Certified Plastic SurgeonNewtown Square/Philadelphia, PA

My short answer is Never.  In general I do not recommend getting you belly button pierced after a full tummy tuck.  IMO, this procedure has a high rate of infection and often times the pierced hole collapses and you are left with an ugly discolored scar that you did not need.  The main reason is that this is no longer your native belly button anatomy but mostly scar tissue now.  I do not recommend piercing the belly button post tummy tuck.  Instead, I work hard to create a belly button that looks and feels natural so that you don't have to pierce the new one.  Hope this helps.Dr Vasisht