If I Cut off a Blowout Will I Be Able to Keep my Stretched Ears After the Procedure? (photo)

Thank you for your question, and your photo.  We have been seeing quite a few of these in the office.  We can usually do this procedure in the office under local anesthesia.  The patient returns to the office a week later for suture removal.  We usually have patients wait 3 months before re-...

-Although, I'm not in Portland, my office is located in Seattle, not too far away!-More and more patients, like yourself, are coming to plastic surgeons requesting closure of their stretched or gauged earlobes. -The procedure is performed in the office, using a local anesthetic, and...

Keloids and hypertrophic scars are common problems with piercings and gauged plugs. They can be excised, treated with lasers, injections of kenalog and 5fu. Pressure clips are sometimes useful during the healing process. Unfortunately, there is some tendency for recurrence. Geographic costs...

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...

Yes, the earlobes can be detached from the side of the face so the lobe can hang free.   Sometimes, the lobe also has to be made smaller as determined by exam.   As well, the lobe can be plumped with either fat or purchased filler.  These procedures are both...

Any and all incisions will leave some sort of a scar. However, depending on surgeon technique and your own ability to heal, the resultant scar from an earlobe repair can be minimized to the point where it is barely perceptible. In my practice, we have a series of recommendations that we offer...