Earlobe plastic surgery: types of deformations and methods of elimination

Recently, many young people have been interested in the question of whether it is possible to sew up an earlobe. Such popularity of corrective surgery arose due to the recent fashion for wearing tunnels, which unaesthetically stretches the soft tissues of the hearing organ.

Plastic surgery of the earlobes may be required not only after thoughtlessly and imprudently following subcultural fashion trends. In what other cases do people need plastic surgery? How is the earlobe shape corrected?

In what cases may surgery be required?

The range of indications for ear surgery is quite wide; most often the operation is performed for cosmetic purposes to correct the irregular shape of the area of the hearing organ:

The earlobe may stretch from wearing the so-called. “tunnels”, after removal of which an unaesthetic and even frightening hole remains.
Soft fabrics can stretch and sag after wearing heavy jewelry for a long time.
The earlobe can mechanically tear or even break due to earrings: such damage often occurs during changing clothes, when jewelry gets caught on clothing.
Like any other soft tissue, the earlobe can stretch with age, sag and take on an unsightly elongated shape.
Sometimes surgery is required for those who want to correct the inherent unaesthetic shape of the ears, including the lobes.
The services of plastic surgeons are also often sought to remove scars from punctures, incisions and burns.

Correction of the earlobe using contour plastic surgery (injection of fillers)

Contour plastic surgery is used mainly to correct changes in the earlobe due to age. Over the years, the natural production of collagen decreases, which also affects the earlobes, they become thinner and sag. It is by the condition of the lobes that a woman’s age can be determined quite accurately.

The use of fillers allows you to restore lost volume to the lobes, since with age the fat layer disappears and the lobes sag. You can also smooth out wrinkles and folds formed during the stretching process, returning elasticity and its original shape. The filler injection procedure itself is almost painless and the results of the procedure are visible immediately.

Contraindications

The patient's desire alone is not enough to perform the operation. Plastic surgery may be contraindicated for the following diseases and conditions:

A temporary contraindication for earlobe plastic surgery is infectious diseases; the operation can be performed only after the patient has fully recovered;
due to blood clotting disorders, problems with blood pressure and pathologies of the cardiovascular system, patients are usually denied otoplasty;
a clear contraindication for suturing the earlobe is diabetes mellitus due to the risk of postoperative complications;
the operation will be postponed if the patient’s chronic diseases are in the acute phase;
setting the date for surgery in women always correlates with their cycle; Since during menstruation the risk of bleeding on the surgical site increases, uroplasty is performed on other days.

Earlobe plastic surgery

Women and men experience embarrassment and discomfort if there are ear defects. In order not to disguise them behind hair, it is worth resorting to surgical correction of the earlobes.

There is no cartilage or bone in the lobes - they consist only of a subcutaneous fat layer. When fiber volume decreases, tissues sag and look flabby.

To change the shape of the ears, they turn to both plastic surgeons and cosmetologists. Hyaluronic fillers restore youth to this area of the body by synthesizing collagen and elastin. Injections into the lobes rejuvenate, tighten the skin, and correct the shape that has changed due to age.

In the process of correcting the shape of the earlobes with fillers, injections are made with a very thin needle. There are no scars or traces left from the procedure, the result is visible immediately. The only drawback of this method is the short-term effect. After 9-12 months, the injections need to be repeated again, so patients often undergo lipoplasty.

Lobe plastic surgery can be aesthetic or reconstructive. It is required for the following indications:

drawn out, oblong shape;
large holes due to massive, heavy earrings;
stretched clearance due to the introduction of tunnels;
asymmetry;
bifurcation;
injuries due to which soft tissues are torn, worsen the shape of the lower third of the auricle;
underdevelopment of tissues;
loose skin due to age-related changes.

Often earlobe otoplasty is performed after a circular facelift. When the skin is stretched, the lobes change their natural position and are drawn closer to the face, distorting the shape of the ears.

The surgeon will refuse surgery if the following problems are identified:

diseases of the heart, blood vessels, blood;
chronic inflammation of the ears;
endocrinological disorders, such as diabetes;
venereal pathologies;
common cold, exacerbation of herpes, ARVI, influenza.

Since invasive surgery compromises the integrity of soft tissues, it is necessary to prepare for it in advance. Within a few weeks, the patient undergoes a standard package of tests - blood and urine tests, a coagulogram, an analysis for hidden infections, and fluorography.

Unlike other plastic surgeries, before this surgical intervention you do not need to follow a diet or stop taking important medications, since the procedure is performed under local anesthesia.

The procedure for lipoplasty is as follows:

The doctor numbs the ears completely and the skin around them. Lidocaine is used as an anesthetic;
further corrects the defects - removes excess soft tissue when the shape is retracted, sews up the tears by applying sutures from the inside, resects the stretched skin along the contour of the tunnel and forms a new shape with interrupted sutures. If an incision is needed, it is made in the shape of a wedge in the area where the lobe joins the head. If the purpose of the operation is to increase the size, then the skin adjacent to the jaw is grabbed with the fingers, cut, and then stitched to the lobe;
sticks a wound healing plaster. No additional stitches are required.

The duration of the procedure is no more than half an hour. Upon completion of the operation, the patient is sent home.

Usually there are no pain, hematomas, or bruises after lipoplasty. Minor swelling lasts for two days.

For the first seven days, it is necessary to treat the sutures with an antiseptic, wear a postoperative plaster to speed up wound regeneration, and also not sleep on your side.

To avoid scars and age spots, you need to wear a loose bandage or headscarf when going outside, wash your hair carefully, avoiding getting water on your ears.

For three months after plastic surgery, it is forbidden to re-pierce your ears and wear earrings, clips, or piercings so that the seams do not come apart. If in the future the patient wants to make a puncture again, then it must be done below the postoperative incision.

Since the soft tissues in this area are well supplied with blood, the results of the operation are visible within a week:

the shape of the ears has changed;
the skin is rejuvenated;
birth defects disappeared;
The size of earring piercings has decreased.

These and other transformations can be seen in the photo of earlobe plastic surgery. Due to the fact that only the skin and subcutaneous fat layer are corrected, a natural result is obtained without noticeable traces of surgery.

Earlobe plastic surgery, which is inexpensive, is popular. In Moscow, prices for earlobe correction range from 10,000 to 18,000 rubles per side. The cost is affected by the complexity of the operation, which consists of the indications. Sewing tunnels and gaps will cost the cheapest - 4,000–7,000 rubles.

Earlobe correction

before 55 000

from 6 000

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All routine examinations after plastic surgery are free. Your surgeon remains in touch - you can call or write to him with any question.
The result of the operation is noticeable rejuvenation while preserving the individual characteristics of the patient, without the visible effect of plastic surgery. We apply cosmetic stitches in inconspicuous places.

Earlobe plastic surgery is performed in several ways; the choice of technique depends on the problem:

Lifting or suturing - the surgeon removes excess skin, suturing wounds after injuries or piercings.
Enlargement or lengthening using a graft from the patient's own tissue. The operation is indicated in the complete absence of the lobe, its small size or asymmetry.
Non-surgical correction of age-related changes with fillers or lipofilling. Helps restore elasticity and density to the earlobes and improve their shape. The result of the procedure lasts for 2-3 years.

In addition, plastic surgery on the lobe is divided into reconstructive - restoration of the lower part of the auricle, and aesthetic - for correcting the shape or size. The doctor can make incisions with a scalpel or laser; the first method is used more often.

At the Topclinic plastic surgery center, the type of plastic surgery is selected taking into account the complexity of the problem and the wishes of the patient.

The operation allows you to restore or create the natural shape of the auricle. The result is visible immediately, it can be finally assessed when the swelling and hematomas go away. If you follow your doctor's recommendations, the effect will last for life, and repeated correction is not necessary.

Analyzes in 1 day

You can undergo the necessary tests and examinations at the Topclinic diagnostic center by appointment one day in advance without queuing or waiting. The test results will be ready the next day.

Previously, the patient undergoes an examination to exclude contraindications to surgery and anesthesia:

Performs clinical blood and urine tests, tests for infections (HIV, hepatitis, syphilis), coagulogram, biochemical blood test.
He undergoes an ECG and fluorography with interpretation of the results.
Consults with doctors - plastic surgeon, anesthesiologist-resuscitator, ENT doctor, therapist.

At the Topclinic clinic in Moscow you can undergo an examination in a day. You need to make an appointment with specialists and prepare for tests. Test results from other laboratories can be provided if they are recent.

14 days before the date of surgery, you should stop taking medications that impair blood clotting. On the day of the intervention, eating and drinking are prohibited; the day before you can eat a light dinner.

Progress of the operation

Earlobe plastic surgery is performed under general or local anesthesia. The surgeon makes an incision in the back of the ear, creates cartilage using a suture technique, then excises excess skin and applies sutures.

The operation lasts on average 30-60 minutes.

Analyzes in 1 day

You can undergo the necessary tests and examinations at the Topclinic diagnostic center by appointment one day in advance without queuing or waiting. The test results will be ready the next day.

Grishchenko Svetlana Vladimirovna General Director of Topclinic, Doctor of Medical Sciences, certified plastic surgeon, certified maxillofacial surgeon, certified physiotherapist
Senchikhina Oksana Alekseevna Head of the surgical department of Topclinic, Candidate of Medical Sciences, certified plastic surgeon, certified maxillofacial surgeon
Vissarionov Vladimir Alekseevich Doctor of Medical Sciences, certified plastic surgeon, professor, author of more than 400 scientific papers
Borovikov Alexey Mikhailovich Certified plastic surgeon, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
Izrailov Valery Aleksandrovich Certified plastic surgeon
Borovikova Anna Alekseevna Certified plastic surgeon
Tamarov Alexey Nikolaevich Certified plastic surgeon, certified surgeon, certified maxillofacial surgeon
Sergeenko Andrey Evgenievich Certified plastic surgeon, member of the specialized commission of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation in the specialty “Plastic Surgery”
Khalilulin Rustam Ilyasovich Certified plastic surgeon, certified surgeon, regular speaker and participant in Russian and international congresses and conferences
Klyuchnikov Vladimir Vasilievich Candidate of Medical Sciences, certified plastic surgeon, certified surgeon
Koroleva Ekaterina Vladimirovna Certified plastic surgeon, certified ultrasound diagnostic doctor, candidate of medical sciences
Adzhieva Zarema Alibekovna Certified plastic surgeon, certified surgeon, certified oncologist

If local anesthesia is used, the patient goes home after 2-3 hours. Immediately after the operation, under general anesthesia, the patient is transferred to a ward, where doctors monitor his condition around the clock. You need to spend 1-2 days in the hospital hospital. Topclinic has comfortable single and double rooms with TV, internet, shower, three meals a day. Sutures after otoplasty are usually removed after a week.

For the first 2-3 months after surgery, intense physical activity, sports, and visiting a bathhouse, swimming pool, or sauna are prohibited. Your attending physician will tell you in detail about the recommendations during the rehabilitation period.

Contraindications to earlobe plastic surgery are severe chronic diseases of internal organs, blood clotting disorders, a tendency to form keloid scars, and oncological processes of any localization. In case of acute illness, pregnancy, or during breastfeeding, correction should be postponed.

FAQ

This operation is necessary after wearing tunnels, injuries, or in the presence of congenital anomalies, for example, bifurcation of the earlobe. The intervention is simple; the doctor sutures the tissue with a cosmetic suture. There are no visible scars left after this.
Plastic surgery on the earlobe can eliminate asymmetry and other deformations of the lower part of the auricle. The doctor selects the type of intervention depending on the goals: sometimes it is necessary to enlarge one of the lobes, sometimes, on the contrary, to reduce and tighten. You need a face-to-face consultation with a plastic surgeon so that he can recommend a correction method.

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Who needs earlobe otoplasty?

In women, regular wearing of heavy earrings can spoil the appearance of the earlobe over time. Earlobe plastic surgery will allow you to get rid of unaesthetic consequences in the form of too long holes or stretched skin with wrinkles.

Men often need this procedure to restore the shape of the ear after an injury or with age-related changes. For congenital defects, correction can be performed on a child from 5 years of age. Next, the ear will grow absolutely naturally.

Indications for earlobe plastic surgery price

Noticeable stretching of the lobe.
Age-related changes.
Disproportional development of the lobes.
The earring holes are too large.
Lobe rupture due to injury.
Birth defects.
Addition to facial plastic surgery.

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Contraindications to earlobe otoplasty

Age up to 5 years.
Pregnancy, breastfeeding.
Problems with blood clotting.
Inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissue in the ear area.
High blood pressure.
Heart defects.
Diabetes mellitus in the stage of decompensation.
Presence and exacerbation of infectious diseases.

How is earlobe plastic surgery performed?

This manipulation is simple and is part of the procedure for plastic surgery of the ears - otoplasty. The earlobes are corrected by a doctor by removing excess stretched skin. At SM-Plastika, traditional surgical instruments are used for this. The price of earlobe plastic surgery using a laser is slightly higher, but the effectiveness of the manipulation is also high.

Effect of the procedure

The doctor eliminates all defects, and after the procedure the patient acquires a harmonious ear shape. If necessary, tissue restoration is carried out. Side effects or complications are virtually impossible. In order to completely eliminate them, it is best to contact highly qualified plastic surgeons.

The results of earlobe plastic surgery last a lifetime. After correction, new punctures for earrings can be made in the earlobes, but care must be taken that wearing them over time does not again lead to stretching of the skin.

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Types of plastic surgery

Since there are many indications for operations, experts classify all surgical manipulations of the earlobe into different groups.

According to the purpose, otoplastic interventions are divided into:

Reconstructive, in which the lobe is renewed or recreated in cases of its loss or congenital absence.
Aesthetic, during which the irregular shape of the area is corrected or existing defects are eliminated - scars, holes.

Aesthetic otoplasty, in turn, can be contour, reduction and laser.

Contour plastic surgery is mainly done for rejuvenation. During the operation, a special biogel is injected into the lobe, which evenly fills the voids in the stretched skin, giving the area beautiful volume and elasticity. This injection method also effectively helps to cope with ear asymmetry or irregular shape.

But with age-related distension, the injection technique is not always the solution, because after using this method, the size of the lobes does not decrease, but, on the contrary, increases significantly. In such situations, reduction plastic surgery is suitable. It is designed to reduce the size through partial removal and suturing of soft tissue.

Modern otosurgery can offer laser plastic surgery as an alternative method to suturing. It is most often used when it is necessary to restore the integrity of the lobe after it has been torn or ruptured.

Features of the operation

Regardless of the type of lobe plastic surgery and its goals, any surgical intervention must have a preparatory period.

Preparation

Before the surgeon works on your ears, you must undergo a series of diagnostic measures designed to determine whether you have any contraindications to the operation:

Pass general clinical urine and blood tests;
get tested for HIV and syphilis;
donate blood biochemistry;
go through narrow specialists according to the list issued by the surgeon; as a rule, a consultation with a therapist and examination by an otolaryngologist is sufficient;
do fluorography;
do an ECG;
have a conversation with the surgeon during which you tell him about the diseases you have suffered.

Operation

The operation to restore the earlobe after tunnels is considered more complex than correcting a torn earlobe or suturing holes after massive earrings, and therefore requires maximum professionalism from the plastic surgeon.

Before the procedure, the doctor calculates the proportions of the future lobe with millimeter accuracy so that it looks as natural as possible, and discusses this with the patient. The operation is performed under local anesthesia and takes from 30 to 90 minutes (depending on the scope of work). The doctor excises excess tissue along the entire contour of the defect and forms a lobe from several flaps of skin and fatty tissue, actually doing jewelry work. Therefore, it is recommended to immediately contact professional plastic surgeons: they already have relevant experience and can guarantee a natural and aesthetic result.

Postoperative sutures are removed after 10 days. There are no noticeable scars left. The earlobe decreases somewhat in size due to tissue insufficiency, which the patient is always warned about in advance. Full awareness of patients before and after surgery is one of the priorities of the RAMI clinic.