Earlobe Lift #258

An Indian woman in her late 50s who had split earlobes repaired in India 6 months before but still did not like the appearance of her ears.  On examination, she has a drooping of her earlobes and some redness from her piercings c/w a probable nickel allergy.  The drooping gives her earlobes an aged appearance. She is shown before and again 3 months after a bilateral earlobe lift performed in the office under local anesthesia.  Scars typically get thicker and redder for 6 weeks and then start to fade and improve over the next 2 years.  At 3 months, her scars still have some redness, but she has an excellent contour now.  She will continue to use topical silicone to help the scars mature and avoid UV exposure to decrease the risk of darkening the scars. In my experience, patients would like a beautiful earlobe, not simply a repair of a split.  If the earlobe has significantly drooping I usually recommend an earlobe lift be performed at the time of the split repair.