In or out?
Question: Why do some people have “innie” belly buttons while others have
“outties”?
Answer: I’m sorry to say this, but whether your navel is an “innie” or an
“outtie” is the result not of anything as interesting as genetics or womb
conditions but of the more prosaic practice of tying off the umbilical cord.
When you are born the cord is cut immediately after delivery and the result
is a neat little knot. As the wound heals, it takes on the vague shape of the
tissue caught between abdomen and knot. The knot falls away and leaves…
