Plastic navel: indications, contraindications, the course of the operation and its variations
Plastic surgery in the navel area is called umbilicoplasty.
The purpose of this operation is to eliminate possible defects of this part of the body, changing its size, shape, appearance.
The plastic of the navel is becoming increasingly popular, especially young people try to follow standards in which the navel is a neat groove, resembling a funnel.
Who may need
Held plastic in the navel most often in cases of:
- if it is deformed after carrying children and childbirth;
- after unsuccessful piercing in case of obvious defects;
- when the navel changed its shape after the operation in the abdomen;
- if the umbilical ring has acquired aesthetic features;
- when the navel is outwardly changed due to the age and ptosis of the skin of the abdomen.
In which case the navel is considered imperfect
Each person has an original in form and features of the navel. This is the first scar that appears on the abdominal wall after the baby is born. The navel is a funnel-shaped, the top of it is at the level of the skin surrounding it.
Today, it is considered to be an imperfect navel as its variants:
- overly protruding;
- deep, provoking the accumulation in it of dirt, sweat, sebaceous glands, which over time can cause inflammation in this area;
- stretched, both longitudinally and transversely or wide navel;
- located unevenly along the outline of the abdomen and disengaged up and down, right-left;
- sagging
- having a rough edge.
Variants of the operation
To change the shape of the navel and bring it to the ideal, only one operational method is used. It is almost impossible to achieve corrections using other methods.
The operation can be carried out as an autonomous intervention, and to be part of a separate operation on the anterior abdominal cavity.
The operation can have several variations and is selected depending on what manipulations are required in a particular case for a particular patient:
- Relief from navel hernia
In the process of plasty, the hernia is retracted, a special absorbable mesh is installed, which helps to strengthen the anterior abdominal wall. This allows you to minimize the onslaught of internal organs on the umbilical ring and prevent the hernial protrusion from developing again. In the process of installing the mesh, the surgeon makes the navel diameter smaller, removing excess skin when the need for this manipulation takes place. - The elimination of the bulge in the umbilical zone
The doctor excises the extra tissue, correcting the deformity, and re-creates the funnel of the desired configuration and depth from the patient's skin. - Navel Size Correction
Here you can correct the transverse, longitudinal stretching, as well as correct the surface of the navel. During the operation, a skin incision and the formation of an ideal funnel are performed. - Missing navel modeling
For various reasons, the umbilical cavity may be lost, its absence is observed, so the task of a specialist is to form a new funnel from the skin and immerse it to the required depth. - Remove navel
The operation is newfangled, foreshadows the complete removal of the cavity from the abdomen.
New fashion for stitching navel
Today, the plastic of the navel in girls and boys has become very fashionable, suggesting stitching of the navel, in other words, the complete removal of the umbilical cavity.
So, you can see an example of a new trend on the body of a model Karolina Kurkova.
In addition, this plastic correction became especially popular after the release of a fantastic series, the characters of which were completely deprived of this feature of the human body.
Contraindications
Despite the fact that the correction of the navel is purely aesthetic in nature, such a surgical procedure, like any other simple or complex operation, has a number of contraindications.
It is impossible to perform the operation if the patient has:
- hemophilia;
- infections;
- oncology;
- diabetes;
- the possibility of formation of keloid scars;
- allergy to anesthesia.
It is worth noting
It is not recommended to carry out plastic navel and at any time of pregnancy, as well as during lactation!
Training
In order to prescribe the procedure, the patient is obliged to visit a plastic surgeon and the therapist. It is obligatory to pass urine and blood tests (general), blood for biochemistry, blood for markers of HIV, hepatitis B and C, syphilis. In the case when all tests are normal and no contraindications are identified, the patient is referred for plastic surgery.
How is the operation?
Similar plasty is performed under local anesthesia as well as under general anesthesia. By the time it lasts from 20 minutes and no more than an hour, time depends on the complexity of the operation and the degree of navel deformation.
The course of the operation:
- The area of operation is treated with antiseptic.
- An incision is made in the problem area.
- Excess tissue is excised, skin graft is separated from the abdomen to reconstruct the navel.
- Newly formed navel deepen to the desired position.
- The seam is made in such a way as to remain imperceptible.
- A sterile dressing is applied to the site of intervention.
When the navel is plastic, the patient is not left in the hospital, he is allowed to go home after 2 hours. Until the postoperative suture is completely healed, the doctor observes the patient's condition.
It is worth noting
Despite the fact that the operation to correct the appearance of the umbilical cavity, is quite simple, the postoperative period, requires compliance with certain rules, in the first place, it is necessary for some time to cancel any physical activity and strength sports!
Plastic navel: patient reviews and the postoperative period
Plastic surgeons note that those patients who underwent navel plasty, the reviews leave mostly positive. 90% of the patients were satisfied with the correction of the existing body deficiency, which they gladly demonstrate in their photos before and after the manipulation.
Postoperative period
The suture after the performed plastic of the navel heals from a week to two.
For this period, the doctor prescribes a mandatory strict regime:
- A diet without sweets for faster healing.
- Refusal of saunas, baths, hot baths in order to avoid stagnation of water in the area of operation and inflammation in this part. Allowed to take a shower, but quickly.
- It is forbidden to sit for a long time by the fireplace or apply a heating pad.
- You can not massage the navel.
- Lubricating the area of the operation itself and around it with creams and ointments is contraindicated.
- Limit weight lifting for a period of 6 months.
- Year is not recommended to sunbathe in any way.
- It is important to wear compression underwear for
2-3 months.
The doctor removes stitches in 10 days, bruises and swelling subside after a few months.
Effects
Whatever it was, navel plastic has reviews and a negative plan. Infection with the area of operation is possible. Moreover, it is entered during the operation, and with the wrong care of the abdominal area after it. It is possible to detect inflammation by severe swelling, which should normally go off after
It also happens that after scars appear rough scars. It is provoked by the problematic healing of the navel and the characteristics of each individual organism. In rare cases, the occurrence of a hernia. This can serve as a wrong formation of the cavity, when those tissues that are near the problem area undergo injury.
Complications
Experts say that negative reviews after the navel plasty can only be found in those patients who did not comply with all the doctor's prescriptions in before and after the operating period. The main problem you may encounter is an infection in the wound. It causes inflammation after the purulent fusion of the peritoneal tissue. In order to avoid this phenomenon, an antibiotic may be prescribed before the operation, which has a wide area of exposure. In addition, medication is important after the intervention.
Price
The cost of the navel plasty procedure depends on the complexity of the operation and the clinic where it is performed. On average, such a correction is worth - 50 000 rubles. Umbioplasty, during which a more detailed reconstruction is required, can cost up to 100,000 rubles, and the simplest corrective intervention will cost 25,000 rubles.
Reviews
No matter how positive the operation of the navel plastic is said, reviews of happy patients are still the best confirmation of the reliability and quality of such a procedure.
Svetlana, 36, housewife . After the second birth, I had an umbilical hernia. According to the testimony, it was not necessary to perform the operation, but the aesthetic appearance of the navel frightened me. I decided to still go for an operation. They did it under local anesthesia, there was no pain, I just felt that some actions were performed. It took no more than half an hour, after 3 hours I was discharged. For a week I felt a nagging pain, then everything stopped. The only thing that bothered me a bit was compression underwear, and a month went by in it. But in the end received a very beautiful navel. 4 months have passed, and I forgot that I had the operation. Everyone is happy.
Olga, 26 years old, make-up artist. My navel was strongly convex, I was suffering from external discomfort. After the operation, I am completely satisfied with the result, I can’t directly admire! Everything went quickly, on the same day I was already at home. I do not feel any pain, there are no stitches, they are masked inside the navel. There was, of course, slight cyanosis and edema, but after 3 weeks everything went. Now I enjoy the result, I hope it will be unchanged all my life.
Before and after photo umbilicoplasty
In addition to reviews, a good example of the effectiveness of umbilicoplasty (correction of the navel) are photos taken before and after surgery. Positive results in the form of the ideal form of the umbilical cavity reflected in the photo, sometimes become a decisive factor in seeking help from a plastic surgeon.
