Face Gallery

A woman who had a split earlobe from long wear of earrings over the years.

A woman in her early 40s with a partial split and elongation of her earlobes.  She has some redness and may have a nickel allergy.  She is shown before and again, 3 months after bilateral earlobe lift/repair.  Scars are typically at their thickest and reddest at 6 weeks and then fade and improve over the next year or more.  At three months most are ready to be re-pierced.

A woman in her later 50’s who has some obstruction of her upper vision by excess upper eyelid skin and brow ptosis (age-related drooping of the eyebrows)

She is shown before and again 3 ½ months after bilateral upper eyelid blepharoplasty combined with browpexy.  With a brow “pexy,” the eyebrow are fixed to the orbital septum so they don’t drop further when the patient stands up.  .  They are not elevated as in a brow lift but it is a simpler procedure that some patients prefer.

A woman in her mid 50’s with a partial split of her right earlobe, which she attributes to wearing large hoop earrings.  She also sleeps with her earrings in place.  She is shown before and again, 6 months after earlobe lift/repair in the office under local.

A woman in her early 20s with a complete split of her left earlobe.  By history, she did sleep with her earrings in.  She is shown before and again, 5 months.

A woman in her early 50s with a partial split of her left ear which may be due to sleeping with earrings in place.  She is shown before and again, 3 months after repair in the office. Scars typically are at their reddest and thickest 6 weeks after the repair, and then soften and fade over the next 2 years.  At three months the earlobe is typically ready to be re-pierced.  I recommend that my patients start topical silicone at 6 weeks to help with scar maturation.

A woman in her later 20s who has bilateral partial splitting of her earlobes.  After discussion, she has had a history of redness and irritation which is typical for a nickel allergy.  She is getting married and wants to be able to wear earrings for her wedding.  She is shown before and again, 4 months after repair.  Scars are typically reddest and thickest at 6 weeks and then soften and fade over the next 2 years.  I have patients use topical silicone after the first 6 weeks to speed the scar maturation.  I also recommend in cases such as this that patients obtain titanium earrings for the re-piercing.

A retired nursing instructor in her mid 80’s with a split of her right ear and drooping of both ears.  She is shown before and again, 3 months after a bilateral ear lobe lift/repair. She is thrilled to have more youthful appearing ears as well as a correction of her split.  We will recommend that she remove her earrings at night while sleeping to prevent the recurrence of the split.

A nurse in her early 20s feels that her earlobes are too large for her ears and would like to have them reduced.  She is shown before and again, 3 months after a bilateral earlobe lift/reduction.

A woman in her late 50s with a large defect in her upper lip following Mohs excision of basal cell carcinoma.  The defect is a little too large to be easily closed with a flap from the medial cheek.  She is shown just after Mohs and again, 10 months after a full-thickness skin graft from her neck skin just above the collarbone “supraclavicular”.  She has a reasonable result after surgery and is not noticed from a conversational distance. It developed some mild “post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation”, ie., it became a little darker in the sun.  But is easily covered with a little makeup.