My ears are stretched to 7/8" diameter. The left one is fine and has thickened up due to daily emu oil massages. The right one was originally pierced very low when I was young. When I decided to start stretching I had to have tiny pieces of my ear cut away to make the hole bigger. Now I am left with a very thin lobe on the bottom. I do daily massages and while I notice some improvement I do think I need surgery of some sort to thicken up the area. What can I do?
Answer: Thin ear lobes Unfortunately there is no great solution. Dermal fillers are temporary. You could consider injection of fat into the thin part of the earlobe. What will most likely happen with time is the continued gradual thinning of the skin. Consider not wearing the earrings for some time to allow the skin to tighten back up. Then go down one size.
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Answer: Thin ear lobes Unfortunately there is no great solution. Dermal fillers are temporary. You could consider injection of fat into the thin part of the earlobe. What will most likely happen with time is the continued gradual thinning of the skin. Consider not wearing the earrings for some time to allow the skin to tighten back up. Then go down one size.
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April 24, 2014
Answer: Stretched earlobes Hello Arzenika,I don't believe that there are any reliable solution for this. I supposed that it might be possible to inject a material such as restylane into that thin area to create more volume, but this does carry some risk as well. From a surgical perspective, you could potentially excised the thinner area, but that would be followed by a lengthy time period when you would not be able to wear your jewelry and that scar site would always be weaker than the surrounding tissue.Michael M. Kim, MD
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April 24, 2014
Answer: Stretched earlobes Hello Arzenika,I don't believe that there are any reliable solution for this. I supposed that it might be possible to inject a material such as restylane into that thin area to create more volume, but this does carry some risk as well. From a surgical perspective, you could potentially excised the thinner area, but that would be followed by a lengthy time period when you would not be able to wear your jewelry and that scar site would always be weaker than the surrounding tissue.Michael M. Kim, MD
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