My Earring Ripped my Earlobe a Little but Not All the Way Through. Will I Ever Be Able to Repierce It? Doctor Answers, Tips
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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?

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.

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11 Doctor Answers | Asked by lokistoneee in Saint Louis, MO
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Ear Piercing Closed

It looks like the piercing closed when you stopped wearing earrings. It should be simple to fix. You could have your ears re-pierced in the same location or through a different one depending on your preference. Good luck. Dr. Weider
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Ear lobe piercing has closed

This should not be difficult to do. The ear needs to be repierced again. Maybe you should try a new location if this site was stretched.
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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.

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Earlobe repair is not a very difficult procedure

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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... more
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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
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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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