Closing Pierced Ears Without Any Surgery Only by Medicines?

Question

All Respect doctors, My name is kanchan jagtap. I am 25 years old. I want to close my pierced ears without surgery. i dont want any stiches mark. So is there any medicines available with the help of them i can close my pierced ears.

Dhaval M. Patel, MD · Answer

Thank you for your question! Unfortunately meds will not close up your ears.  Best of luck!Dhaval Patel
Double Board Certified 
Plastic Surgeon
Chicago 
Hoffman Estates 
Orland Park
Oakbrook

Ronald J. Edelson, MD · Answer

Unfortunately there is no medicine that will close the hole. Sometimes, if the hole is small enough, it may close on its own. Larger tears require surgical repair but it is a pretty simple procedure that virtually all plastic surgeons know how to perform. Just bear in mind that price varies a lot.

Kristin A. Boehm, MD · Answer

In the case of freshly pierced ears, they can spontaneously close with removal of the earring because epithelialized has not yet grown around the piercing site.  In the case of long standing piercings, it is highly unlikely they will close without a surgical procedure.  At this point there is no medicine or topical therapy to close earring holes.  In most cases of surgical repair, the scars are quite minimal.

Garrett A. Wirth, MD, MS, FACS · Answer

The short answer is that there are no medicines that you can use to close the earlobe piercing without surgery.  If the piercing was small enough, it may go on to close on its own, but this would be highly unlikely if the earlobes had been gauged.

Stephen Weber MD, FACS · Answer

Unfortunately, no. The healing process after a piercing results in skin growing into the piercing. This is what keeps the hole from closing on its own. Often, to close the piercing tract the edges need to be freshened and then repaired with suture. This most commonly occurs with large piercings or gauge piercings. These can be repaired with a straight-forward office procedure if needed. The earlobes heal very nicely. I hope this information is helpful.Stephen Weber MD, FACS

Tom J. Pousti, MD · Answer

Thank you for the question.

	No, there are no medications available that will close  pierced ears. Remember that the ear piercing is surrounded by skin at this point;  in order to close the hole  this skin must be removed to allow for “fresh edges” to heal to each other. Therefore, excision of the whole is necessary and a scar will result. Often, this scar is a very fine line and more acceptable to patients than the  appearance of the previous piercing.

	 I hope this helps.

Closing Pierced Ears Without Any Surgery Only by Medicines?

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