This is what the ‘perfect’ belly button looks like, apparently

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A group of cosmetic surgeons from Singapore have banded together to figure out one more thing you now have to worry about: your belly button.

The surgeons used a computer program called an  ‘aesthetic analyser’ to gaze at the navels of  37 Playboy Bunnies (of course they picked Playboy Bunnies as the ultimate standard of beauty, ugh) and determined that the ‘perfect’ belly button:

“Has a vertical ratio of 46:54, a midline horizontal position, a length that is 5 percent of the length from the xiphoid process (the lower part of the breastbone) to the lower limit of the vulvar cleft, and an oval shape with no hooding (29.8 percent) or superior hooding (21.6 percent).” (via Today)

In other words, the perfect navel is small, an innie, slightly longer than it is wide and has a little hood over its opening. Basically the ‘perfect’ belly button belongs to Erin Heatherton:

The surgical procedure to craft such a navel (you knew it was coming) takes between 30 minutes and an hour.

But also… just no. You do not need to worry about having a ‘perfect’ belly button. Your belly button is probably just fine the way it is. Now, there are some people who have lost their belly buttons due to stomach surgeries, and if they want to get them back again, then okay. Fine.

But for the rest of us? Our belly button is a scar - a scar that represents the connection we had to our mothers in-utero.

They’re also on a part of our body that people aren’t looking at all of the time. Having a ‘good’ belly button isn’t like having facial symmetry. No one is going to subconsciously treat you worse because you’re an outie.

In fact, none of the highest earning models in the world have the kind of belly button this computer programme has determined is perfect. Not Gisele. Not Miranda. Not Kate Upton. Hell, Karolina Kurkova doesn't have a belly button, and she's doing just fine.

So chill, okay? We promise you’ve got better things to worry about.

Via Today

What do you think of this study? Have you ever been concerned about your belly button?

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