Belly button revision after tummy tuck

Hi! I’m really curious as to why you don’t blame the first surgeon for sewing up your bellybutton so tight? I’m wondering bc I’m in a similar situation but in my situation it was negligence on my doctors’ end of things. Did your surgeon offer to pay to have it fixed for you? Thank you! Oh and it looks great btw! Congrats

Thank you! My first and only surgeon fixed it for me and I only paid for supplies! I do not blame my surgeon because it wasn’t sewn tight to begin with. I remember it being open and cute but over time as I healed it kept getting smaller and the scar got really thick. With all the tension from the tummy tuck my body decided to scar that way. It’s not very uncommon. I’m sorry you have to deal with negligence!

Is the procedure to open up the BB outpatient ?

After my tummy tuck my belly button was tightening, so my surgeon injected the scar with a steroid - and I started using a silicone plug (like the kind you get at a piercing shop that is used for stretching) which I mean and wear daily. My belly button has healed and looks exactly the same. The silicone plug has been a godsend!

Ugh! I have this same issue as well. I am going to go back in for a revision as well. What was your downtime after revision? Despite putting in an earplug, a belly button plug, etc it is only open about the size of a qtip and even that is tight to get in.

I am so sorry. I am considering redoing mine but I am afraid it might end up worse. Any update?

Have you ever had it redone? There is a good chance that it might heal great! Sometimes the scar thickens because there is so much tension after a tummy tuck. If you get it redone there won’t be the tension like there was while recovering from the tummy tuck. I had a steroid injection done a week ago. Still no changes but they said it could take up to 4 weeks to see a difference and also it may take a few times! I’m also going to try some essential oils soon.

How are you now? How many weeks after surgery was this?

I had the same thing happen to me... my bb was flat and off center. My doc used the 4 flap method to making a new bb. It's no perfect but 100 percent better then what it was.