Earrings that get caught or jewellery that is too heavy can cause a piercing hole to tear — or even split the earlobe completely. And after downsizing an artificially stretched piercing (flesh tunnel), the earlobe often no longer looks pleasing.
In both cases, a small, almost painless surgical procedure under local anaesthesia achieves a cosmetically very good result. Earlobe correction is an individual private health service (IGeL) — we discuss the costs transparently in your consultation.
Every step takes place at our practice — performed by Dr. med. Michael Scherer.
Assessment, explanation of the procedure and a transparent cost estimate — the correction is a self-pay service.
Under local anaesthesia, the edges of the piercing hole are removed and the hole or tear is sutured closed.
For heavily stretched piercings (flesh tunnels), part of the remaining tissue bridge is removed and the earlobe is reshaped.
The sutures are removed at our practice after about 14 days.
Please wear no jewellery at this spot for several months — after that, a new hole can be pierced.
The three most common situations our patients come to us with — select one for details.
An earlobe split in two after jewellery was torn out.
An overstretched earlobe after artificial stretching.
A slit, downward-stretched piercing hole caused by ear jewellery.
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