Cleft Earlobe/Earlobe Lift Gallery

A woman in her late 20s with a partial split of her left ear for several years.  She does not sleep on this side but has a history of a tear that became progressively inflamed and split further, which may indicate a nickel allergy.  She is shown before and again, 3 months after repair.  Scars typically are at their reddest at 6 weeks and then will fade and improve over the next year or longer.  3 months is typically a good interval to re-pierce the ear.  She will use titanium earrings to decrease the risk of problems with her probable nickel allergy.

A woman in her early 50s with drooping of her earlobes and a partial split of her left earlobe.  She elected for a bilateral earlobe lift to be performed at the time of her partial split repair.  She is seen before and again, 16 months after repair when she returned to have her ears re-pierced.  She is thrilled by the more youthful appearance of her earlobes after correction!  She is going to avoid sleeping with earrings in place and avoid stainless steel to decrease her risk of having the earlobes split again.

A woman in her early 40’s with drooping and stretching of her earlobes.  Her studs are now falling out, especially on her left.  After discussions, she has a nickel allergy and has been sleeping with her earrings in.  She is shown before and again 3 months after an earlobe lift combined with a split repair.  Her earlobe contour has improved, and we were able to re-pierce her ears in the office.

A woman in her mid-60s with a complete split of her right ear.  She has a history of redness at the site of her earrings on both ears, suggesting a nickel allergy.

She also has a drooping appearance of the right ear.  She is shown before and again, 3 ½ months after a split earlobe repair combined with an earlobe lift.

A woman in her early 20s with a second split of her left ear.  She had this repaired when she was 10 at the Children’s Hospital.  It has gotten red on occasion and has split again.  We expect that his chronic inflammation is likely a sign of a nickel allergy.  She is shown before and again, 4 ½ months after repair under local anesthesia in the office.  We recommend that she avoid nickel and will re-pierce her ear with titanium earrings.

An RN  in her mid-20s with a partial split and drooping of her right earlobe, most likely from sleeping with her earrings in place.  She is shown before and again, 3 months after an earlobe lift/repair.

A woman in her mid-30s with a partial split of her left ear which she thinks happened from wearing her earrings while sleeping.  She is bothered by her earring hanging “funny” on the left.  She is shown before and again, 3 months after left split earlobe repair, and has been using topical silicone for the past 6 weeks to help with scar maturation.

A woman in her later 50s with a split of her left ear and a partial split of her right ear.  She had had her left ear repaired a few years ago somewhere else.  She has a history of redness and irritation which is suggestive of a nickel allergy.  She also sleeps with her earrings in place.

A woman in her mid-30s with a bilateral partial split of her ears.  She did sleep with her earrings in place and also has a nickel allergy.

She is shown before and again, 3 months after repair.  Her earlobes have a prettier shape now and the splits have been repaired.  She is going to avoid nickel and sleeping with her earrings in place to decrease the chance of a recurrence.

A woman in her early 40s with bilateral drooping of her earlobes and stretching of the holes left more than her right.  This makes it difficult to wear studs, which are falling out.  She has a history of sleeping with her earrings in, but also most likely has a nickel allergy.

She is shown before and again, 3 months after a bilateral earlobe lift with split repair.