Is It Normal for the Skin to Pucker Above my Belly Button After Having a Tummy Tuck? (photo)

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I am 8 days PO and I had a mini tummy tuck. First off, I'm really concerned with how the skin is puckered above my belly button. My PS said to massage the area and it would loosen up, but I haven't seen any change in doing so. I couldn't find any instance of this happening to anyone else thus far. Will it really go away? Also, my real BB seems way too low now. My PS did say it would "float down", but it seems so low. Is this normal?

Andre Aboolian, MD · Answer

Could you provide us with photos of your tummy before surgery so we can make a better recommendation?  Thank you,

Jourdan Gottlieb, MD · Answer

In order to comment on this I would want to see a pre-op photo. I cannot tell from this photo alone what this might be, though I suspect there may have been some irregularity before surgery.

	Lowering the navel occurs with the float technique. In my experience, even patients whose original navel seemed too high before surgery, and looks OK afterward, feel that the new navel location is wrong, so that is a common problem.

	Follow with your surgeon, consider posting pre-op photos. All the best.

Is It Normal for the Skin to Pucker Above my Belly Button After Having a Tummy Tuck? (photo)

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