2 Belly Buttons. How is This Fixed?

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6 weeks Post TT. Just starting SEe new Tummy. However My Old Belly Button Is On My Pubic Line And I Also Have My New One How Is This Fixed

George Bitar, MD · Answer

In some cases, the old belly button hole  is closed above the incision line to make your procedure safer for you. Discuss this matter furher with your surgeon.

Mark D. Epstein, MD, FACS · Answer

Agree with Dr. Hughes. This is a judgment call on the part of your surgeon. I sometimes do this as well. In some cases where there is not enough laxity of skin between the rib cage and the umbilicus (belly button), the hole in the abdominal wall skin created when cutting around the belly button cannot be advanced below the level of resection. In order to keep the waist crease scar low (which is what you want), you need to close this hole.

	This may seem confusing, but below is a web link to a page with great diagrams illustrating this. I encourage you to look at them.

Kenneth Hughes, MD · Answer

If you have a small vertical scar at the center of your tummy tuck scar, then this is the old belly button scar.  This was left in an effort to keep the rest of the tummy tuck scar low.  If this had been removed, the entire horizontal scar would have been moved up the length of the vertical scar.  Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA

Jeffrey Zwiren, MD · Answer

It is possible that you did not have enough skin to remove the entire spot where the old umbilicus was located.  If this scar does not heal well then you may consider a revision in the future.

Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD · Answer

In some tummy tuck techniques the old belly button ends up low near the incision line in the pubis. This is done in an effort to keep the tummy tuck scar very low or the closure was so tight that all of the old belly button could not be removed without risk of healing problems. Whether the old belly button area can be removed later depends on its location, how tight the area feels, and how far out you are from your original tummy tuck.

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2 Belly Buttons. How is This Fixed?

Answers (9)

Answer: Possible revision of abdominoplasty scar

Answer: Possible revision of abdominoplasty scar

Answer: Old Belly Button/Scar Remains Near Tummy Tuck Scar Line

Answer: Old Belly Button/Scar Remains Near Tummy Tuck Scar Line

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