What is Ear lobe repair:

Piercing your ears puts the earlobes at risk for stretching, tearing. Because of their location, the tears are often split and are very visible. Earlobe repair surgery fixes the split and enables you to wear earrings again.

How is the traditional Procedure done ?

It  is a relatively simple procedure, where the surgeon cuts away the healed skin on the inside of the torn earlobe and the fresh edges are sutured back together with very fine sutures.

What is the problem with the traditional way of repair ?

The  new scar is weaker than the surrounding tissue so it will tear more easily.So you need to  be careful not to have your ear re-pierced in the scar or just above the scar.Have the new piercing done to the right or left of the scar.

What is the Plastic Surgery way of doing Earlobe repair ?

At AURA PLASTIC SURGERY, we practice the purdue technique of repair, which requires skills and expertise of a qualified plastic surgeon.In this technique, a strip of healthy skin from the margin of the gap itself is used for giving the lining for the new hole that would be recreated.

What is the Advantage of Plastic Surgical Technique of Ear Lobe Repair ?

The new hole recreated at the time of surgery itself. Hence no need for re piercing of ear.

The new hole gets lined by healthy, unscarred skin and hence as such is much more resilient and strong than the scarred skin of traditional repair.hence the chances of recurrent tearing and/ or elongation of the track is practically nil.

    Also it is often combined with a plastic surgical technique of “z” plasty to give a rounded normal contour to the edge of the ear lobe.