Navel-augmentation sugery on the rise

By at 8:03 am Wednesday, Aug 7

The rise in navel-revealing fashions has spurred a rise in navel-augmentation surgery.
"Belly buttons come in all shapes and sizes, but the vertical orientation is the best," declares Dr. Mustoe. He and his colleague Michael Lee published their techniques for obtaining an upright umbilicus in the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in May. Aging, childbirth and weight gain relax the muscles and the fascia encasing them, collapsing the rim of the aperture.
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