Center of Attention: Belly Button Surgery Stories

Inside this volume

Fifty first-person accounts describe belly button surgery. Writers describe how their navels came to bother them — an outie they had always disliked, an umbilical hernia that popped out with every laugh, stretching after pregnancy or the loss of sixty kilos, a piercing that tore, scars from keyhole gallbladder or bowel surgery, and in one case no navel at all — and the practical problems some brought, from trapped moisture and odour to a harness rubbing it raw. There is the consultation, three surgeons with three opinions, a hernia repaired on public healthcare with the cosmetic part paid privately, and then the short procedure: local anaesthetic or a brief general, the reshaped navel, the packing, and weeks of scar care that for one writer became a hobby. Writers describe neat hooded navels and real relief, alongside a keloid that returned, an infection nobody warned about, a navel that narrowed and closed, one placed too high and too small, and a result that was not what they pictured. Later chapters cover navels left looking stuck-on after a tummy tuck, diabetes and keloid-prone skin, an older patient, privacy from in-laws and church, and surgery abroad.

Who it's for

For anyone bothered by an outie, a hernia or a scarred navel, people unhappy with their navel after a tummy tuck or weight loss, and readers wondering whether such a small thing is worth fixing.

Format · Instant download · PDF & EPUB · Fifty first-person accounts · PDF: 272 pages

A collection of personal testimony, offered as companion reading — not medical advice.

• 50 single-author testimonies from real people
• A short, plain-language introduction to the topic
• Editor's note, contents page, and curated resource list
• Professional interior typesetting and an original cover

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