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Past umbilical float. Can you float it back up?

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ardleyhutJun 21, 2022

I had a abdominoplasty with umbilical float. The belly button is unnaturally low and looks weird. Can it be floated back up either by going thru old, low abdominal incision or by laproscopic incisions near the umbilicus?

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