Face Gallery

A woman of color in her late 40’s with a complete split of her right earlobe which she attributes to sleeping with her earrings in.  She is shown before and again, 3 months after repair.

A medical professional  and woman of color in her early 30’s with a partial split and drooping of her right earlobe.  She did sleep with  her earrings in place.  She is shown before and again, 3 months after earlobe lift and split repair in the office

A woman in her early 30’s with a partial split of her right ear from sleeping with her earrings in .  She is shown before and again, 4 months after repair.

A woman in her mid 40’s with a partial split of her left ear as well as drooping of the earlobe.  She does sleep with earrings in and also has a history of a nickel allergy.  She is shown before and again, 3 months after repair.  Scars typically become redder and thicker for 6 weeks and then soften and fade over the next 2 years.  At 3 months they are typically ready to re-pierce but will continue to improve with time.  In addition to fixing the split her earlobe now has a beautiful and youthful contour

A woman in her late teens with a partial split of her right ear which happened from sleeping with her earrings in. She is shown before and again, 5 months after earlobe lift/ repair in the office.  Scars get redder and thicker for 6 weeks and then soften and fade over the next year or longer.

A woman of color in her early 30’s with a partial split of each ear.  She is shown before and again, 5 months after repair in the office.

A woman in her late 60’s with partial split of both earlobes as well as a drooping and aged appearance of the earlobes.  She is shown before and again, 6 months after a bilateral ear lobe lift in the office.

A woman in her late 60’s  with split of her ears as well as drooping appearance of the earlobes.  She is shown before and again, 8 months after repair

Student nurse in her early 20’s with a complete cleft of the left earlobe, both  from sleeping with her earrings in and from a nickel allergy

She is shown before and again, 7 months after repair in the office.  In order to prevent recurrent splitting I have recommended that she avoid nickel such as stainless steel, and also get in the habit of removing her earrings while sleeping.