I Just Had a Mini Tummy Tuck and my Belly Button Looks Really Low, is It Normal?

One of the pitfalls of the mini tummy tuck is that you are limited by how much skin you can remove and the tethering of the belly button.  As a result, the more skin you remove, the more stretched or pulled the belly button will resemble.  Having said that, after surgery you will find that some of your tissues will relax and you may find that some of the low appearance of the belly button at day 3 softens over time.  

If your mini tummy tuck did not include an umbilical slide (release of the belly button from below and reinsertion into the rectus sheath at a lower point), then the stalk of the belly button may pull it upward over time.  If it did include an umbilical slide, then where it is, is where it is.  Obviously 3 days post op is too early to know what the final outcome will be.  Please discuss this with your plastic surgeon as he or she, I am sure, will have a very good explanation for what you think is a very low riding belly button.  Take heart.  As the swelling go down, things often change, and very often for the better.

This is a problem that can occur if the belly button is not re-shifted back to its correct position with an umbilicoplasty, as in a full TT.  If it doesn't correct with time and relaxation of your skin, you might need to have the surgeon do this at a later stage.  Right now, though, it's too early to tell - give it a couple of months before deciding on this.