Is This Normal Bruising/swelling After an Earlobe Reduction? How Long Will This Last? (photo)

Our office repairs earlobes after a traumatic tear of earrings, gauge piercings, or after a facelift in which the earlobes are stretched. Earlobe surgery is composed of several techniques that can either repair torn earlobes (split earlobes) or correct overly redundant earlobe tissue from...

Ear Lobe surgery cost varies significantly for a number of good reasons: Prices vary greatly because the surgery itself encompasses a wide range of techniques that can be performed to different extents. My recommendation is to first find the most qualified surgeons where you want the surgery...

Our office repairs earlobes after a traumatic tear of earrings, gauge piercings, or after a facelift in which the earlobes are stretched. Earlobe surgery is composed of several techniques that can either repair torn earlobes (split earlobes) or correct overly redundant earlobe tissue from...

It sounds like it would be best to remove the knot, let things heal, wait a few months and then have them pierced.  It sounds like there may be a cyst in the earlobe.  If the lobe is pierced without removing the knot first, it will probably get infected.

Our office repairs earlobes after a traumatic tear of earrings, gauge piercings, or after a facelift in which the earlobes are stretched. Earlobe surgery is composed of several techniques that can either repair torn earlobes (split earlobes) or correct overly redundant earlobe tissue from...

This is a common and important question. I typically recommend that patients undergoing this type of procedure avoid activities that could expose their recently operated ears to any trauma for at least 6 to 8 weeks. Also, a head band for the first two weeks following surgery is recommended....