Do doctors decide your belly button?

Doctors did not create your belly button (or navel). The navel is not the scar or knot left by a doctor that cut your umbilical cord at birth. This fact is obvious to anyone that has ever had children or bathed newborns, but it is sometimes misunderstood by others.

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What determines someone's belly button?

But it's really mostly random, as the umbilical cord is always clamped well away from the navel and doesn't usually affect innie or outie status. The shape of the belly button a person ends up with, however, is determined by how the umbilical cord was attached, not where it was cut.

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Do doctors choose if you have an innie or outie?

Whether a child ends up with an innie vs. an outie belly button is purely a matter of chance. Despite popular opinion, it has nothing to do with the way a doctor cuts the umbilical cord or with how the parents care for the belly button area as the skin heals.

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Does my belly button have a purpose?

Your belly button, also called the navel or umbilicus, has no function after birth and is simply a scar or remnant of the umbilical cord that connected you to your mother. The umbilical cord provides oxygen and nutrition to a baby during pregnancy, and it is cut and removed after birth, leaving a scar.

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What happens if you don't cut the belly button?

When the umbilical cord is not cut, it naturally seals off after about an hour after birth. The umbilical cord and attached placenta will fully detach from the baby anywhere from two to 10 days after the birth.

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What's Inside Your Belly Button?

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Can outie become innie?

The answer is yes, and the decision to fix one should be based on the presence and size of the umbilical hernia. If a child is born with an "outie" belly button, there is a 90 percent chance that it will close on its own by the time the child turns 5 years old.

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Is innie or outie more rare?

Most of us have innie belly buttons, with only about 10 percent outies. A few of us may have something in between, or even a little of both! Here are some more fun facts about our belly buttons.

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What causes an outie?

Whether or not your baby will have an innie or outie belly button just has to do with the umbilical cord healing process. That said, there are two newborn medical conditions that may cause your baby's belly button to protrude: umbilical hernias and umbilical granulomas.

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Is innie or outie genetic?

Innie or outie: Whether you have an innie or an outie bellybutton has nothing to do with whether your mother had one or your father or your grandfather. In other words, it has nothing to do with genetics. And it has nothing to do with how the doctor cut your umbilical cord.

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What is the best belly button shape?

Researchers determined the "perfect navel" was a small, "T- or vertically shaped umbilicus with superior hooding," as shown. This is obviously subjective. Researchers determined the "perfect navel" was a small, "T- or vertically shaped umbilicus with superior hooding," as shown.

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Can I change my belly button shape?

If the shape of your belly button makes you self-conscious, umbilicoplasty, sometimes called “belly button surgery” , is a minimally-invasive surgery to reshape your navel.

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How do you fix an outie belly button?

Belly button surgery, or umbilicoplasty, is a procedure in which those that were born with excessive skin in their belly button (an outie) have the excess skin removed. This procedure can also be performed to fix hernias and put the skin in and around the belly button in the proper place.

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Is it normal to have an outie?

Whether or not your baby has an innie or an outie belly button is due to chance. You won't know right away which way your baby's belly button will go, but both innies and outies are healthy. In the majority of cases, an outie is perfectly normal and not of medical concern.

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How much does it cost to turn an outie into an innie?

The most popular request is turning the ostracized outie to the coveted innie, but vertical belly buttons and hooded ones are also common. It's a fairly simple procedure that lasts between 30 and 90 minutes and costs between $2,000 and $5,000, according to doctors.

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Why not to play with your belly button?

“It is largely inaccessible, so it remains dirty even after showering.” The shape of your navel makes it easy to collect dirt, which can even cause a strong smell. Dr. Richardson cautions against touching your belly button with your germy fingers, as it can lead to serious infections.

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What type of belly button is normal?

Belly buttons come in all different shapes and sizes, but are usually either an innie or an outie. Most people have innies. Outies form when there is extra scar tissue making it stick out, compared to an innie, which is in!

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Are there belly buttons on Adam and Eve?

The navel is a scar left by the umbilical cord which attatches a foetus to the placenta. If Adam and Eve were created as adults by God they would not have had an umbilical cord.

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Why do surgeons avoid the belly button?

Midline abdominal incision is a basic laparotomy procedure in gastrointestinal surgery, and it is usually recommended to avoid the navel because the area is considered dirty, and because it connects to the ligamentum teres (4).

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What is a lotus baby?

A lotus birth is the decision to leave your baby's umbilical cord attached after they are born. The umbilical cord remains attached to the placenta until it dries and falls off by itself. What are the risks of lotus birth? There are no research studies available on this topic.

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What happens if you don't clean your belly button for years?

"If not washed out on a regular basis, this material can accumulate and harden into an omphalolith – a belly button stone," he adds. "Belly button stones come in a wide array of colours, it's usually black but can be a light brown." Talk. About. Grim.

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