Why do we have innie and outie belly buttons?
It isn’t the doctors’ fault. Right after the baby is born the mom has to place cotton on top of the belly button, and then wrap a bandage around the baby’s waist (not too tied) until the piece comes off. And keep doing it for about a month or two. The results are a concave belly button and not protrude. My family has been doing this for years, my mom did it to us, and we all did it to our children. We all have beautiful belly buttons.
The exact reason for this innie/outie belly button discrepancy remains a medical mystery, although there are some interesting theories floating around the Internet. The belly button, also called the navel, is actually the body’s first scar. The umbilical cord, which supplied nutrients to the unborn baby, is routinely clamped off shortly after the placenta has been expelled. Two clamps are placed a few inches away from the baby’s body, and the cord is severed between them. The remaining vestiges of the umbilical cord eventually wither and fall off, leaving a small scar we know as the belly button. For many people, the scar is concave, meaning it recedes into the body. For others, the remaining scar tissue protrudes slightly from the body. One theory holds that the innie belly button is the norm, while an outie is the result of a genetic aberration. Needless to say, this theory of natural selection does not enjoy widespread popularity among the outie belly button set. There is no scienti
