What is this special belly button technique designed to have no scar visible on outer skin? It looks incredible

Thank you for your question. The belly button shape, with scars inside the belly button will enhance the natural look after an abdominoplasty.  A well done abdominoplasty with a poor or scarred belly button broadcasts to the world (at least on the beach) that you had a tummy tuck. This is true of the location of the belly button as well. A youthful looking abdomen has the belly button at a higher position than an "aged" abdomen. Every surgeon has his/her way of creating the belly button to try to make it look natural, but not all succeed. Why? the belly button is the last surgical step in an abdominoplasty and it seems that not a lot of detail is devoted to it.At times, if the original belly button is scarred or seems too low, I actually remove it and reconstruct one later. This also has the advantage of not placing extra tension on the lower abdominal skin between the belly button and the pubic incision, thus leading to no incision breakdown. The reconstructed BB looks natural, it's an inny and no sutures or visible scars.See a board certified plastic surgeon with experience in advanced body sculpting techniques for an in person consultation/evaluation.

Hello and thank you for your question.  The
best advice you can receive is from an in-person consultation.  Depending on your pre-operative anatomy, the belly button can be designed to be an innie, with the scars towards the inside.  The goal is to have a natural appearance of the belly button, so that it does not appear surgery was performed.   Make sure you specifically look
at before and after pictures of real patients who have had this surgery
performed by your surgeon and evaluate their results.   The most
important aspect is to find a surgeon you are comfortable with. I recommend
that you seek consultation with a qualified board-certified plastic surgeon who
can evaluate you in person.
Best wishes and good luck.
Richard G. Reish, M.D.
Harvard-trained plastic surgeon