Umbilicoplasty, sometimes referred to as "belly button surgery", is a plastic surgery procedure to modify the appearance of one's navel (or "belly button"). It may be performed as part of a tummy tuck or lower body lift operation, or it may be performed alone.[1]
| Umbilicoplasty | |
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 Umbilicoplasty is a plastic surgery procedure to modify the navel's appearance. | |
| Specialty | plastic surgeon |
Procedure
editDepending on the patient’s preference and/ or extent of the procedure, the surgeon may give an local or general anesthesia.
Next, your surgeon will remove any excess skin from around the belly button (navel). Depending on the patient’s desired results, the surgeon may trim the angles of the belly button to either make it appear higher or lower compared previously to the surgery. Once everything is in place, the surgeon will then use stitches to hold everything in place while the belly button heals after being reshaped, usually from an outie to an innie.
The entire surgery takes approximately 45 to 60 minutes.
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Reasons
editCandidates typically choose the surgery because they dislike how their navel looks. They may have a protruding or inverted navel, which they may wish to change. Their navel may be as it was from birth, or it may have changed due to unrelated surgery, such as a Caesarean section.[citation needed]
Another fairly common reason is because of dramatic weight loss or pregnancy, which can change the shape of a belly button. Some may have experienced weight gain, weight loss, or pregnancy, causing changes to the shape of the navel. Cosmetic surgeons concede that women between 35 and 45 years of age opting for tummy-tucks and liposuctions immediately following childbirth constitute nearly 25% of their practice.[2]
References
edit- ^ ""Scarless" umbilicoplasty: a new umbilicoplasty technique and a review of the English language literature". Ann Plast Surg. 63: 15–20. Jul 2009. doi:10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181877b60. PMID 19546666.
- ^ Radha Sharma (Jul 21, 2008). "Tummy tuck in labour room is the new fad". The Times of India. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
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