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Can I fix my belly button to be a cute small innie? (Photo)

bellibuttonJan 17, 2016
Well I guess I'm considered an innie but I hate my belly button. Is it possible to make this a cute, smaller, rounder in innie. My belly button has no definition and it embarrasses me.

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Andrew T. Cohen, MD, FACS

You have a dehiscence of the belly button repair.  This needs to be seen by your operating surgeon ASAP.  It could lead to an infection and poor healing if not addressed.  Hard to say for sure based on the pic but that is my sense from the pic.Good Luck,Andrew Cohen MD

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Andrew T. Cohen, MD, FACS

Yes an Umbilicoplasty will remove the scar tissue or skin above the belly button.  If there is any hernia it can be fixed at the same time.  A deep suture is then placed to create an innie belly button.  I use all dissolvable sutures usually so that the incision will look pretty....

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Elizabeth Morgan, MD, PhD (closed)

If all you want to improve is the stretched skin between navel and piercing - a minor office belly button procedure called an umbilicoplasty is all you need.Lasers will not get rid of the skin.Tummy tucks will improve your abdomen overall, getting rid of stretched skin, excess fat and loose...

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