Belly Button Surgery

Question: I am doing an essay about belly button surgery anyone can help me PLZ!? I am doing an essay about belly button surgery, and im with it, but I have no i dea how to start the essay or right about it. PLZ HELP ME!

Answer: Underwear model Karolina Kurkova has no belly button. Is a barely-there navel for cosmetic or medical reasons? The newspapers call it the "riddle of the £2.5m beauty". The beauty in question is Czech supermodel Karolina Kurkova. The riddle is her non-existent belly button.

Question: What would the price be for a belly button hernia surgery be? 39 year old male has a belly button hernia and wants it gone how much would surgery be for it to be repaired?

Answer: Depending where you have it done and who will do it, this operation can be around $ 5000.00 in the US

Question: Anybody know how much it would cost for belly button surgery? Well i have an outti and i want to get an inny because i hate my outti, but i don't know how much the surgery will cost anybody know?

Answer: Go to your doctor first. My sister had an outtie, and apparently they are commonly caused by a condition called an umbilical hernia. In that case, insurance might cover it.

Question: How do you get an inward belly button without surgery? Can you make your belly button go in with out surgery..because i wanted to get a piercing but its not going to look right with an outward belly button...What should i do??

Answer: haha maybe gain a few pounds in the stomach area, idk

Question: Is there such a thing as belly button plastic surgery? I like my stomach, its flat & toned, but i hate my belly button, its an outtie & round just weird looking, i'd like an innie & for it to be more discreet, i know theres tummy tucks & stuff like that, but is it possible to recreate my belly button to how i want it & will there be any scarring? thanks i'm sure im not the only one who doesnt like the way their belly button looks!

Answer: Yes, there is. See a plastic surgeon for consultation.

Question: I had my appendix removed with key hole surgery. My belly button has 3 ball looking things.Is it permanent? I had surgery about 2 and a half weeks ago and my belly button looks very strange. What is inside it and is it pernament?

Answer: Its really great to see common people asking other common people medical questions. Qualified medical practitioners are old news! who needs the "correct" answer anyway. To answer your question, those 3 balls are actually your new and healthy appendix growing back. It will take about 2-3 months but in that time I suggest 2 -3 cups of coffee a day and regular naps. Good Luck :D

Question: Laparoscopic Gall Bladder Removal Surgery done Changed my belly button. Is it swelling? 2 weeks ago I got a Laparoscopic Gall Bladder Removal procedure done and it changed my belly button from an innie to an outtie. Although it seems quite vain, I really liked my belly button before the surgery. Its been about 2 weeks. Is this permanent or just swelling yet to go down? I've already considered a Umbilicoplasty procedure because of all this.

Answer: That is very strange - talk to your surgeon about it when you go in for your post-surgery check up. I had mine out years ago and my surgeon never mentioned that even though he was quite thorough in explaining everything. I'd actually be more concerned that you're still significantly swollen in the abdomen 2 weeks after surgery - it takes a significant amount of swelling to push out a belly button, and I don't remember that either.

Question: Hardness under belly button incision post Gallbladder surgery? I just had gallbladder surgery nine days ago. I never touched my belly button incision site until now but it feels hard below the but made in my belly button. Nothing is bulging out, it is under the skin. Is this normal? I have been carrying my books for school and have felt more pain because of that could this be a hernia? Should I call my surgeon?

Answer: You are probably feeling the stitches or maybe a little scar tissue. But you should have a follow-up scheduled with your surgeon anyway, within 10-14 days....do you not?? If not, might want to call and see if he/she will do one for ya. You sound fine tho.

Question: laparoscopic surgery and belly button ring? I am going to be having laparoscopic surgery in Sept. and I have a belly button ring. I dont want to loose it can I put a clear plastic bar in it during the surgery or will it have to come out? Will the hole cause any problems during surgery? If i cant wear a clear bar will I be able to put the ring back in after surgery?

Answer: Unfortunately, you'll have to take it out. I have my belly pierced and had to have a laparoscopy so I asked about keeping it in. The surgery is a laser so it can heat up the ring and burn you. Or if you put in a plastic bar it'll melt it.I had only had it pierced about a year so I was concerned about it closing. It didn't, thankfully!

Question: Is there any way to pull an innie belly button out without surgery and make it permanent? I've got an inbetweenie belly button and want to know how to pull it out. Does anyone know? Is there any way to get it out of its hole?

Answer: duz it reely matter wether u hav an innee or an outee? if it does just get a piece of flesh-colored clay and krazy glue it on to ur belly button

Question: past ectopic surgery scar in belly button possibly infected and 30 weeks pregnant? I had an ectopic 3 months before concieving again they did a surgery and took my right tube. Now that I am 30 weeks the scar in my belly button is very itcy. what should i do? is it infected?

Answer: Itching is relatively normal because your skin is stretching. You can use lotions and baby oil to help alleviate the itching. If you are really worried about infection you can put hydrogen peroxide on the scar and it will not hurt your baby. Have your doctor take a look on your next visit just for safety sake but I dont think its cause for concern, Just try to keep it moisturized and that should alleviate alot of the itching.

Question: Can you make your outie belly button go in, without surgery? I was born with an belly button that in time, went in like others. But then while I was younger i used to always play with my belly button, causing it to "pop out." I am now 14 and it really bothers me. I was wondering if it was possible to make it go back in, without the hassle of surgery. Can you help?

Answer: i don't think u can. just be happy with the way it is.

Question: umbilicoplasty/ belly button surgery Has anyone had this done in Australia? How much did it cost? I lost my belly button in hernia repair surgery and I am considering plastic surgery to get a new one created. Thanks for any info

Answer: I don't really think it is worth surgery, you barely ever see it, and it will just be a waits of money, and allot of pain!! I don't recommended it.

Question: do you have to take your belly button ring while going into surgery? if i go to have surgery, do i have to take out my belly button ring? i know i have to take out facial piercings. i would be having scar removal or eye surgery soon. the thing is, i just got it done and im having surgery this summer. im hoping i wont have to take it out cause it might not be healed.

Answer: Tell the surgeon you cannot remove it, period. they can't make you. The only surgery yuo'd have to remove it for is laprascopic where they put a camera in your belly button, and you're obviously not having that. If you remove it you will have a really hard time getting it back in and it could get infected! You need to keep that in for a FULL year before romoving it. They will ask you to remove it. Be firm and politely refuse. It always worked for me!

Question: Can you get a belly button piercing with a scar across your belly button from surgery?

Answer: Scar tissue is a little more difficult to deal with with piercings, as it moves around and is fairly dense. but you should be able to do it nontheless

Question: Has any ladies out there ever had elective surgery on there belly button? I just had a baby about two ago, and my belly button will not go back in. Just wondering have any body else had to go through this.

Answer: when the rest of your stomach tightens back and everything is back to normal, your belly button will go back in.. after i had my daughter my stomach took about 2 weeks to go back to completely flat again ( i wasn't very big in pregnancy) shortly after my belly button went back in too! you wont need surgery! just give your body sometime to go back to normal. congrats on the baby!

Question: im getting a surgery that lets me cath through my belly button. has anybody had this done and do you like it? I was born with Spina bifida and I was offered to get a surgery done, to allow me to cath through my belly button. Would you recommend this surgery?

Answer: I absolutely LOVE IT! It was the best thing I have ever done. I also have what is called the ACE where you are able to stick a catheter through a stoma on your side and push either water or an enema through it and it washes your bowels out that way. No accidents and more independence. The surgery is not fun at all, because of the bowel clean out for both, but well worth it in the end.

Question: Pain/soreness around belly button after gall bladder removal surgery? I had gall bladder removal surgery 6 weeks ago and have been feeling great with hardly any pain until today. My belly button looks swollen and is sore when I move. I am wondering if it could be an infection or if exercise could have anything to do with it. I have been lifting weights (nothing too heavy) and running regularly.

Answer: Even though it could possibly be an infection it sounds more like this pain could be as a result from doing too much on the exercise front (an example only). I would recommend checking with your doctor as well to see what they say.

Question: belly button? how old do you have to be to get Umbilicoplasty (belly button/navel) surgery and about how much do you think it cost

Answer: Unless you have a health condition related to it .. it will be considered "cosmetic surgery" .. insurance companies generally don't cover those costs unless you get permission from them ahead of time. I don't know much about the surgery itself. But just guessing .. I would say between $7,000.00 and $25,000.00 . It depends on if you have to stay at the hospital after the surgery is done and for how long. Good Luck ! :)

Question: I recently had abdominal surgery, going through the belly button, can i still get it pierced? I still have a belly button, but the scar goes from the top and goes around the belly button and comes out again directly under the belly button. It basically outlines the belly button. And I really want to get it pierced, when, if at all, do you think I can get it done?

Answer: You'll want to wait until the area is fully healed, but you should still be able to get pierced. There was actually a question like this on BME the other day.. http://ask.bmezine.com/2008/07/22/pierci…