Guest guest Posted October 1, 2002 Report Share Posted October 1, 2002 I had a hernia repair and tummy tuck on 6-22-01, one year to the day (coincidentally) from my RNY. A friend of mine who is a plastic surgeon did the tummy tuck and it is awesome. I ended up without a belly button and I am here to assure you that there is NO problem whatsoever with this. I would not tell anyone to run and find another surgeon if your doctor does not make you a new belly button. It looks just fine and there is some kind of natural indentation where my horizontal (from the RNY) and vertical (from the tummy tuck) scars come together. In fact, I am an 8th grade teacher and I have a lot of fun with it by telling my students that I don't have a belly button. They all want to know how I " got born " . YES, I am an English teacher...but bad habits are reallllly hard to break! I also tell people I'm considering having a belly button tattooed on, even tho I wouldn't do that either! It is certainly an individual decision, but it's been over a year now and I don't miss the old belly button a bit. Ann Akron, OH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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