Earlobe Repair – Patient 207

A woman in her early 30’s with a partial cleft of her right ear. After discussions in the office she does sleep with her earrings in and this may be the side that she sleeps on. Her left ear is normal. My theory is that sleeping with the earring in allows the post to move back and forth across the pillow, slowing cutting through the earlobe like a wire cutting through a cheese. She is shown before and again, 3 months after repair, just after re-piercing this in the office.