Earlobe surgery is often sought by people whose ear lobes have been damaged by earrings or who wish to reverse ear lobe stretching due to body piercing.
The ear lobe is composed of skin and fat, which is why it is more prone to tears.
Tears may result from heavy earrings, stretching the original ear pierce tract. They can also occur if a child tugs on your earring or if your earring gets caught on clothing or another inanimate object.
Earlobe surgery takes about an hour and is usually done under local anesthesia so that the patient does not feel any pain.
There are different methods to repair an ear lobe.
The first method involves freshening the edges of the tear or the stretched lobe and stitching it up with a surgical suture material.
The second type involves the use of surgical glue, which helps to keep the split edges together and thus avoiding any stitches.
If the defect is very small, it can also be repaired by serial applications of chemical so that the skin of the edges join and thus filling the defect.
Ear lobe repair surgery is generally a safe procedure and gives very satisfactory results.