Cleft Earlobe/Earlobe Lift Gallery

A woman in her late 30’s with a complete split of her right earlobe for more than 12 years. She would like to be able to wear earrings again. She is shown before and again, 3 months after repair in the office and again, just after re-piercing. Scars typically get redder and thicker for 6 weeks and then soften and fade over the next 2 years.

A woman in her early 30’s with a bilateral partial split of her ear from nickel allergy and also from sleeping with her earrings in. she is shown before and again, 3 months after repair in the office. Scars typically get redder and thicker for 6 weeks and then soften and fade over the next 2 years.

A woman in her early 20’s with a stretched earlobe on her left side. She did sleep with her earrings in place. She is shown before and again, 3 months after earlobe repair

A woman of color in her early 60’s who is bothered by a total split of her left earlobe and a partial split of her right earlobe. She is shown before and again, 2 months after repair in the office. Scars tend to fade faster in our 60’s than they do in our 20’s and her scars already are ahead of schedule and fading nicely- more than we might see for a younger patient at this time.

A woman in her early 50’s who has had a split of her left ear. She is shown before and again, 3 months after repair

A woman in her early 50’s with a single split of her right ear, and a double split of her left ear, which have been repaired once in the past but re-split. She has watched my video on how patients split their earlobes and feels that she has had a nickel allergy as the cause, as well as sleeping with the earrings in. She is shown before and again 3 ½ months after repair and just after repiercing.

A woman in her late 50’s with a complete tear of her left earlobe for years, most likely from sleeping with her earrings in. She had a double piercing of the right earl as well, with an initial piercing which was in a “training spot” but was not central in the earlobe and then another piercing which was placed very close to the first. She has drooping of both ears, and double piercings of the right ear which are with-in a few mm of each other.
She had a bilateral earlobe lift with a wedge removed from each earlobe. The right wedge was designed to remove the double piercings as well as correcting the drooping of the earlobe. She is shown 3 months after repair and again, immediately after re-piercing in the office.

A woman in her mid 20’s with a split of each earlobe who likes to wear 2 earrings in each ear. She is shown before and again, 3 months after repair, and again, just after re-piercing her ears in the office. Scars typically get redder and thicker for 6 weeks and then begin to fade and improve over the next 2 years. At 3 months most patients earlobes have settled enough to be re-pierced.

A nurse with a double split of her left ear. She is shown before and again, 3 months after a keystone lift/double cleft repair. Patients of color are more prone to thicker than normal scars but she has healed well. We can expect the scar to continue to fade and improve over the next 2 years. I encourage my patients to protect the incisions from the sun to decrease the change of it becoming darker (“post inflammatory hyperpigmentation)

An engineer in her mid 20’s who is originally from Ethiopia. She has a partial tear of her left earlobe, most likely from sleeping with her earrings in place. She is shown before and again, 7 months after repair. Her scar was still painful and thicker at the 3 month mark and was injected with Kenalog, a type of steroid that can help scars soften. Patients of African and Asian heritage may be at higher risk for hypertrophic scars.

The thickness and tenderness of the scar has resolved now at 7 months and is ready to be re-pierced.