I've had my ears pierced for 10+ years and have attached earlobes. One of my ear piercings is okay, but the other one is totally off. This isn't a result of hanging earrings or trauma. I have a difficult time finding earrings to wear; many studs won't fit well on the misaligned ear, because they'll hang off the ear, or they'll begin to droop. I have additional ear piercings as well, so I've provided pictures of both ears, for comparison, wearing earrings and not wearing earrings.
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Yes it is possible to re-stretch you earlobes after getting them surgically repaired, but I generally don't recommend it. The scar tissue generally will not stretch or react the same and your tissue has already demonstrated that the stretching is not tolerated well.
Earlobe surgery is composed of several techniques that can either repair torn earlobes (split earlobes) or correct overly redundant earlobe tissue from piercings or genetics or stretching. Our HIDEF earlobe repair includes a recontouring of the earlobe contour using multilayered sutures to...
Hello. You can have your earlobes repaired. Most plastic surgeons do this procedure in the office. The cost is approximately $500 to $100 per ear. This procedure can fix a split lobe or stretched and enlarged piercing holes. After you are fully healed from the procedure you can have your...