What Star Lost Her Belly Button? She Has Admitted To A Tummy Tuck

She's 50 years old as of last week, spent years on a hit sitcom, and has four sons. She openly had a breast lift and tummy tuck, and wrote about the experience:

Her breasts, she says, were "horrifying." And her stomach was a mess. "I had a big ridge of scar tissue. My belly button was herniated. Then there was that skin that hung there. It didn't work to suck it in. It wouldn't have mattered if I had done 1,000 sit-ups. "

The tummy tuck was like having another C-section, she says. "I would recommend it to anyone."

She's Patricia Heaton, and she's in Hawaii on a family vacation. More pictures here

Comments

[TheSecularist]

I clicked on this story to help it reach that critical mass of views that would "make it go away". Enough! Take down that hideous picture.

[vginger]

Surprised to see this is still up...also a bit surprised to see that the comment I made about the belly button surgery was censored????
I have had umbilical hernia surgery and tried to explain a bit about it...why would that be censored?
This site has lost its legitemacy.
Huffpost can not be trusted anymore....so sad...oh, well....visit here way to much anyhow. V.

[Ramirez]

This picture has been up long enough to become the logo for this page.

I'm not sure that's a good thing.

[VOTER]

Someone at Huffpost must not like Patricia Heaton.

Or else, we, posters, are being punished.

This photo is just awful.

[carefulcautious]

Any photo that makes a reTHUG lican look bad is fine by me. Just proves they don't think about their opinions, just believe whatever their imaginary gawd tells them.

Obama/Edwards 08! Yes, we can! Yes, we will!

[escapee]

This hilarious! Feels like I'm in a side-show with a crowd of people and she can't hear us talking about her.

[mediamarv]

Give it a rest already!! This story has been up all week. Old, old news and not that earth shattering to begin with... unless of course you're a belly button fetishist and we know how many of those there are on HuffPo.

[mediamarv]

A week later and this stupid story is still up. Surely you can find stories from Atlanta involving the tornado and naked people... tittilation seems to be so important to you interns.

[Robertsteven]

Looks like a Alien

[MadCow]

How many more page clicks is Huffpost waiting for? This ugly picture has been here forever.
Tonight I cooked chicken and the dead bird on the counter immediately brought to mind Huffpost and this shot. Puleeeze, take it away.

[escapee]

Why does her belly look like she got a plastic plate implant? Creepy!

[frantaylor]

When she takes off the top, they drop down to her knees.

The rest of her looks like a manufactured product.

Her bikini is hideous.

You're sick if you'd do her.

[Gumby69]

I think she's still hot.

[souris]

.......when a woman who has birthed children thinks she can wear a bikini at 50, she's in SERIOUS DENIAL!!!!
P. S.. I did, and don't!!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Beachrunner]

Yuk-o!

[jamie939]

can u take this down...i've looked at it for 3 days now and it is making me sick

[mojaveblue]

The 3rd day this picture has appeared on the home page. Enough already.

[Hufffan]

PLEASE...will Huffpost take the pic of this pasty unattractive belly off of it's Homepage. It is nauseating.