Breast augmentation and umbilical hernia repair? (photos)

And uncomplicated and umbilical hernia can be fixed under local anesthesia. It certainly would be no problem to address this issue with the same time as breast augmentation.

Umbilical hernias are quite common and occur in the setting of a previous surgery, pregnancy, or diastasis recti. We treat umbilical hernias with or without correction of diastasis recti using a combination approach that corrects redundant skin in the lower abdomen and around the belly button. If there is a lot of skin, we would use a tummy tuck scar whereas smaller corrections can be performed using just the belly button incision which is well hidden inside your belly button.


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Dr. Karamanoukian
Realself100 Surgeon

Yes, these can be done at the same time so you can combine your recovery periods. I doubt the insurance covered hernia repair will significantly reduce the overall cost of the procedure as the facility fee and anesthesia will be billed separately for the time spent during the augmentation. This should be spelled out preoperatively so there are no $$ surprises after the procedure. Good luck and thanks for sharing.