Is it safe to get pregnant if belly button is removed during fleur de lis surgery?

Thank you for sharing your question. Removal of your belly button will not impact your ability to get pregnant or deliver but in most cases it can be preserved during a panniculectomy or FDL. Hope this helps.

Dear yolandaperez8311,
removing belly button will not have negative effect on future pregnancied except for cosmetic issues. However, in most cases lastic surgeons are able to relocate the belly button. If you are considering a surgery, I would suggest you to consult a board-certified plastic surgeon. Only after a thorough examination you will get more information and recommendations.
Daniel Barrett, MD
Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

A fleur de lis TT should not interfere with having children in the future. You may need another TT or a revision after another baby. Removing the belly button is easy, but recreating one that is natural looking is a little more challenging. You need to be sure that the board certified PS has experience with reconstruction procedures so that you may have the best possible results.

Without seeing your pictures, it is difficult to provide you an accurate assessment. In general you can have another pregnancy with or without a belly button. Normally when I perform an abdominoplasty, I re-locate the belly button so that it is still there but going through a new opening in the skin that has been moved. The real key decision for you is do you want to spend the money to do any procedure for your extra abdominal skin if you are going to have another baby soon? For sure your skin will be stretched out again. Perhaps you should seek additional face to face consultations before you make your decision to have surgery now.
Sincerely,
Michael Kulick MD
San Francisco, CA

Hi, and thanks for your question. This is good question. Belly button is remnant tissue and ıt has no function in people life. It has only cosmetic function. As a plastic surgeon, during tummy tuck surgery, we try to do good shape belly button. So excision of belly button doesn't affect patient’s life.
Best of lucks

There should not be a need to remove your belly button for a fleur de lis. If it is removed, it will not affect any future pregnancies. You can have a belly button recreated for you later on, however it never looks as natural as your original belly button. You should ask your surgeon to see if he can preserve your belly button during the fleur de lis procedure.

Hope this helps!

Johnson C. Lee, MD
Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon

Your belly button should be preserved in both a FDL and a panniculectomy. This would not impact future pregnancies. However if you have children in the future, the results of your tummy tuck could be altered and a revision needed.

Pregnancy following tummy tuck surgery is possible and is not dangerous, whether your belly is there or removed.
I would suggest that you discuss this and any concerns that you have with your plastic surgeon who should be certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and ideally a member of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS).



Robert Singer, MD FACS

La Jolla, California

Perhaps there is a miscommunication. With a fleur-de-lis pattern there is no indication to remove or amputate the belly button.

Consider getting a few second opinions.

Your belly button will have no impact on future pregnancies.

Making a new bellybutton has been done by many plastic surgeons but they never look quite normal.

Personally I’m not a fan of the fleur-de-lis pattern and believe many weight loss patients do better with a full body lift or for wraparound tummy tuck.

Sonetimes with a panniculectomy the belly button is removed unless this is done as a proper tummy tuck in which case the belly button is typically always saved.

Including pictures would give pertinent information for us to make an assessment and give her specific recommendations.

Best,

Mats Hagstrom, MD