I know your belly button is where the umbilical cord broke off, but what is the point of it? Can it be surgically removed without harm? Why are people so squeemish about them? Just for fun!
2007-04-13 08:51:38 · 30 answers · asked by Rebecca M 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
thats it, its just the scar left over from when you were born.
maybe its a reminder that your mother is mroe important than she seems, even though she is the biggest pain in the a** sometimes. !
2007-04-13 08:53:55 · answer #1 · answered by sobrien 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm not sure about the 'squeemish' bit (maybe because nobunny bothers to wash them out? XD).
There's not really a point: it is, in essence, a scar.
I see no reason why it couldn't be removed except that no one I've heard of has bothered. It's an expected part of the anatomy, even if it's not seen often.
Removing it would be sort of like removing an ear lobe or somesuch. No harm, but unless there's specific damage to the area there's no reason to, and people would look at it sideways.
2007-04-13 08:57:05 · answer #2 · answered by Fluffy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your belly button nourishes you in the early stages of life. You wouldn't want it surgically removed, because that's how aliens examine you when they beam you up. They stick you on a table and hook this pipe thingy to you and it fills you up with air then puts a camera inside to have a look around. If you had your belly button surgically removed, they'd get mad and drop you off out in space where you would die from having no oxygen. So belly buttons are important! Keep them!
2007-04-13 08:58:04 · answer #3 · answered by SpyGirl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, why would you want to remove it?
Is it doing you harm?
Well, you can cover it
I had surgery and they covered the cut with some kind of fake skin. And now when i touch it i cant feel it because there arent any nerve impulses being sent to my brain due to the artificial skin
So i mostly dont realize that im touching my skin if i touch that area
Or I think it actually helps your body somehow
But i really don't know
(research time)
2007-04-13 09:42:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The umbilicus is also used to visually separate the abdomen into quadrants.- may therefore help surgeons during operations
Fashion sometimes exploits the navel through clothing that leaves part of the lower abdomen (i.e., the midriff) bare, a usage that is much more common for women than for men.
Sexuality - Navels can be the focus of sexual fetishism
2007-04-13 08:58:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your belly button was your side of the tunnel between your mom and you. It's there for fun. My cousin was born with all her guts outside her body, so the doctors opened her up and stuffed 'em back in, sewed her up... no belly button! People are probably grossed out by them because of the potential for forgetting to clean it out and stuff.
2007-04-13 08:55:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anniekd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its whats left of your umbilical cord im sure u can get rid of it but then u would look like a test tube baby i bet they dont have belly buttons either
2007-04-13 08:55:54 · answer #7 · answered by kita079 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm...never heard of anybody being squeemish about them. But i don't think they can be surgically removed.
2007-04-13 08:55:49 · answer #8 · answered by Proud mommy of 2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you already answered "what is the point of it" with "your belly button is where the umbilical cord broke off"
2007-04-13 08:54:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There isn't any "point"---it's just what is left behind when the umbilical cord was cut. It can't be "removed".
2007-04-13 08:54:09 · answer #10 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The belly button could be useful if ever you lose a button to your shirt, jacket or coat.
2007-04-13 08:56:03 · answer #11 · answered by Yafooey! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋