33 year old female preop frontal and 3/4 views for abdominoplasty and VASER Hi Def Lipo 360 degrees. Discussed removing her umbilicus (belly button) completely during surgery and reconstructing it afterwards with the "butterfly technique". More

Patient is one month post abdominoplasty, low pubic bone level incision, healing well with no stress from an umbilicus that creates tension over the middle of the abdomen. This can result in increased breakdown around the belly button or in the suprapubic incision. Plan for umbilicoplasty in one month. More

The patient had an abdominoplasty with VASER Hi Def Lipo 360 degrees and a delayed creation of a new belly button. Advantages of a delayed butterfly design technique: 1. allow the abdominal flap and pubic incision to heal without stress from a transposed belly button, 2. no visible belly button scar. No "Target" sign, no hypertrophic scaring, no pulling apart, no give away sign that a patient had a tummy tuck. 3. Allows the surgeon to place the belly button at the optimum aesthetic location on the abdominal wall with no sign that the patient had surgery. A higher belly button gives a more youthful look to the abdominal wall. With my approach, a patient can wear a bikini and not show any scars. More