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My Earring Ripped my Earlobe a Little but Not All the Way Through. Will I Ever Be Able to Repierce It?
asked 7 months ago by lokistoneee in Saint Louis, MO
Latest answer by Jeffrey Zwiren, MD
Question viewed 973 times
Tags: earring
I had my ears pierced for about 4 months. Then I got to big of earrings and it made my ear sag a little. I took them out for about 2 months and I want to re pierce them. As of right now no earrings will go through the hole.
9 answers to My Earring Ripped my Earlobe a Little but Not All the Way Through. Will I Ever Be Able to Repierce It?
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Re-piercing of the ear lobe
The hole will close down over time and you simply need to have it repierced. This should not be a difficult procedure.
Jeffrey Zwiren, MD
Atlanta Plastic Surgeon
Atlanta Plastic Surgeon
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Earlobe repair is not a very difficult procedure
The hole needs to closed. It will leave a small scar that could be imperceptible to you however. Below is a video to illustrate our answer better. We have other informative videos and information on our website and a link is included to help you find us.
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Earlobe Piercings & Repair
Earlobes have skin on the front and back with lobe filled with fibrofatty tissue ( fat interlaced with fibrous strands). In my experience, sweaters, young children pulling at dangling earrings and sleeping with your earrings in are some of the most common causes of inadvertent tearing of the pierced hole.
In your case, I would start with simple re-piercing of the hole.
If a torn earlobe needs surgical repair, I tell my patients that I will re-pierce a hole adjacent to...
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Ear Lobe Piercing?
Thank you for the question and picture.
If you like the current location of your piercing you should be able to have it re-pierced now with minimal effort or expense.
Best wishes.
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Earring hole stopped up
Your earlobe tissue healed around the piercing which is why an earring will not go through. This may just require repiercing by a plastic surgeon who can restore the hole. I would not recommend an adjacent piercing as this may be uneven with respect to the other ear and also, if too close to the original hole, could lead to complications.
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Ear Piercing
From what you describe, it sounds like the piercing has closed up on the inside and that you will be able to repierce the existing hole to make it patent again from the front through the back of the earlobe.
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Torn ear lobe
Have the partially torn ear lobe repaired then one month later you can have a new piercing in the correct place
Samir Shureih, MD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
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Ear Piercing Hole No Longer Complete
You can not penetreate your ear ring hole because it has healed or closed over on the inside. The hole is not too big, it is just no longer a complete hole from the front side of the ear to the back. You need to just re-pierce the existing hole.
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Enlarged Earlobe hole
The earlobe hole is enlarged, but not completely torn.
You may be able to repiece the lobe in an area away from the current hole. This may avoid the need for surgery, but you may be at risk of a new plit extending into the old split.
If the alternative earring position is acceptable to you, and you accept the risk of one split joining the other, then this may be a reasonable choice for you.
If the new split occurs, then you can have it repaired at...
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