Is the Umbilical Float Tummy Tuck a Good Idea for Me?

I've tried the umbilical float procedure on a few patients and have always regretted the decision - I can never seem to achieve the degree of supre-umbilical skin excision that I can with a 'full' tummy tuck with a short vertical umbilical hole closure. This is just my own experience, but I don't recommend the umbilical float procedure to my patients.

There was literature years back which discussed moving the belly button down a centimeter or two in a mini tummy tuck where skin laxity did not allow a full procedure. The concept made sense though as results are analyzed, the belly button belongs in only one place and if lowered the result can look 'wrong'. The natural belly button is located along a line at the top of the pelvic bone. If you hook your thumb around your waist, your index finger will point to the belly button. Also the distance from your feet to head is divided by the belly button at the divine proportion phi or 1.618, an number which is repeated throughout nature. Perhaps we should stick to God's plan and leave your belly button right where it is.
Best of luck,
peterejohnsonmd