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- The photos you have provided show incisions that appear to healing up just fine. - Some redness around the incision is normal, and with time this will resolve. - Do not hesitate to follow up with your plastic surgeon, as he/she will be able to examine you and reassure you that everything is healing up just fine.
It looks like your earlobe surgery is healing nicely. I am not sure why the sutures were left in for three weeks. I would expect more like 7 to 10 days. In any case it seems to be healing nicely and I expect that there will be minimal scarring. Repairing earlobes that have been "gauged" is always difficult because the tissue has been stretched so much. Often one needs to save as much of that tissue as possible to re-create a normal looking earlobe.This needs skill to rearrange the tissue and put the jigsaw puzzle together in a way that looks normal.
Hello MT214- Your earlobe scar appears to be healing normally. All incisions will become pink/red for awhile and then gradually fade to white over 3-12 months. Wait to re-pierce it until your surgeon says that it is ok. Best of luck.
-Your photos appear to show that although the piercings were closed, the redundant skin that you have from ear lobe stretching/gauging was not removed. -Closing gauged ear lobe piercings is technically more challenging than closing simple piercings that were not stretched...
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...
Earlobe repairs are performed in an outpatient setting in my office. The earlobes are repaired with sutures and recovery is relatively quick. Raffy Karamanoukian Los Angeles
Early healing for #earlobeReduction occurs in the first week. I Swelling is usually significant in the first several weeks and some can persist for a few months but this is not as common. Ice, elevation, and arnica gel are used in my practiceRedness can indicate infection that needs to...
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...
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