Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. There are many causes of split earlobes and widened ear piercing holes. Even the repeated pulling of clothing on and off over the head while wearing earrings could inadvertently cause trauma to the ear lobe. Additionally, regularly wearing heavy earrings can lengthen the piercing hole and eventually cause it to pull through over time. People with thin earlobes are predisposed to this occurring.
Split earlobes can even occur in people who don't have their ears pierced. Sometimes clip-on earrings that are too tight can restrict blood flow to the earlobe, leading to necrosis, or death, of part of the earlobe, causing a split earlobe. There are also congenital causes of split earlobes. Widened ear piercing holes, sometimes referred to as partially split earlobes, may result from wearing heavy earrings that gradually widen the piercing hole, or from earrings that were pulled while on the ear, but did not go through the ear.
Some ear piercings may be purposefully stretched in order to accommodate large-gauge ear tunnels. The good news is that this is something that can be reversed. Here's what you need to know about fixing a split or partially split earlobe. In order to correct a split earlobe, a widened piercing hole or a stretched ear piercing, a surgical procedure is necessary. Facial plastic surgeons, ear, nose and throat doctors ENTs and dermatologic surgeons are among the healthcare providers that can perform these procedures.
First, the area will be cleaned with an antiseptic. In order to numb the area, local anesthesia is injected into or around the area that will be fixed.
In the surgery, a small amount of skin surrounding the split or widened hole is cut out and then restitched back together with a special technique called "W-plasty" which prevents notching as the scar heals and matures.
Depending on the type of stitching material—suture—used, you may have to return for suture removal. Some sutures are absorbed by the body and do not need to be removed. If there are no complications, you will more than likely be able to go home following the procedure. If you're interested in having your split earlobe, widened piercing hole or stretched ear piercings reversed or repaired, arrange for a consultation with a medical professional who performs this procedure.
Let your healthcare provider know if you have a history of large scars or keloids. Talk about what you want your earlobe to look like after, and tell your practitioner whether you'd still like to wear earrings following the procedure.
Select personalised ads. Apply market research to generate audience insights. Measure content performance. Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. I got my ears pierced when I was seven at a mall pagoda with my parents. I remember the day vividly: It was right around Christmastime, and the staff gave me a stuffed bear to hold while they punched a piercing gun through each lobe. My dad, ever the documentarian, filmed the whole experience on our camcorder.
I barely flinched and skipped off with my new earrings—two modest gold studs per my mom's orders. Things started to go south, however, when I entered teenagehood and treated my piercings poorly by wearing cheap, heavy earrings that eventually stretched out my earring holes to the point where hoops and studs would hang so low, I feared they would rip right through the bottom of my lobe.
One solution came by way of an infomercial for a product called Magic Bax. On the screen, women with the same stretched piercing issue I had instantly lifted their sagging earrings with a large, heart-shaped earring back that serves as a supportive anchor for the earring. I ordered them and had some luck, but only for a few hours in the beginning of the day before they eventually loosened, drooped, and I was back to square one.
The other solution—a more permanent fix—was recommended to me by a fellow editor friend who had a consult with a plastic surgeon.
She was told that a common remedy is to cut into the skin surrounding the hole and stitch up the entire incision. This provides a clean slate, so to speak, for you to then get your ears re-pierced. Meet the Expert. Dara Liotta is a dual board-certified facial plastic surgeon practicing in Manhattan.
Here's my stretched earring hole before the procedure. As you can see, it's quite low and elongated, and, according to Liotta, a perfect candidate for this type of minor surgery. Despite the fact this was an invasive surgery, the procedure was super quick about minutes total and barely hurt whatsoever thanks to a bit of local anesthesia injected into both lobes prior. I couldn't feel the scalpel cutting into my lobes, just a bit of light pressure—same goes for the stitching process.
Urgent care centers continue to evolve and accommodate the ever-expanding healthcare needs of our patients. Services traditionally performed only in hospitals or specialist offices are starting to migrate to the urgent care setting because of fast service, convenient locations, and affordable pricing. Other examples, in addition to earlobe repair as described here, include allergy testing, concussion evaluation, and many minor surgical procedures such as repair of split earlobes.
Remember Me. Lost your password? Username or E-mail:. Oscar D. Almeida, Jr. Technique The first step involves proper positioning of the patient. Figure 2. Fresh surgical margins following wedge excision of the earlobe defect Figure 3. Simple interrupted sutures are placed on the surgical margins of the earlobe circumferentially.
Contraindications Although simple split earlobe repairs can be performed by the urgent care provider, certain injuries of the ear require immediate referral to a plastic surgeon. Conclusion Urgent care centers continue to evolve and accommodate the ever-expanding healthcare needs of our patients. References Almeida OD Jr. Employing the parental papoose technique in treating young children. J Urgent Care Med.
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