Is the belly button created during the abdominoplasty?

 

 

Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) is a cosmetic procedure that removes excess and saggy skin from the upper and lower belly to make it firm and thin.

 

 

Before undergoing the tummy tuck, most of the patients wonder if the doctor creates a new belly button because much amount of fat makes the existing belly button sag.

 

 

In this post, we will try to answer this question.

 

Abdominoplasty deals only with removing excess fat and cutting the excess skin. Therefore, the tummy tuck does not involve the creation of a new belly button.

 

 

However, if the skin on the belly sags too much because of the excessive fat tissues, the surgeon might consider creating a new belly button.

 

 

To do that, there should be an ample amount of skin to suture upper and lower belly after skin removal.