Playboy models' 'oval-shaped, vertically-oriented' navels are the ideal, say plastic surgeons

Surgeons at the University of Singapore's Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine analyzed images of 37 Playboy Playmates (really) to assess the ideal length, shape and position of the navel The ideal length is 5per cent of the length from the lower breastbone to the lower part of the vulvar cleft, and the 'hood,' or flap, is very small

By Erin Clements for MailOnline

Published: 11:34 EST, 25 August 2014 | Updated: 13:22 EST, 25 August 2014

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The perfect belly button is oval-shaped and vertically-oriented, according to the results of new research from a group of plastic surgeons.

Surgeons at the University of Singapore's Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, whose research was published in ASJ,analyzed images of 37 Playboy Playmates (really) to assess the ideal length, shape and position of the navel.

With the help of a computerized tool called an 'Aesthetic Analyzer', they established that a perfect belly button has a ratio of 46:54, and a midline horizontal position.

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Playboy models' 'oval-shaped, vertically-oriented' navels are the ideal, say plastic surgeons