Patient Info
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 49 years old
- Surgeon:
- Dr. Inessa Fishman
Description
This 49-year-old woman felt her earlobes were too long and wanted to reduce their size; she had felt uncomfortable with their length since being a teenager. Our Facial Plastic Surgeon Dr. Fishman treated her with an earlobe reduction and earlobe re-piercing with the help of local anesthetic, or injectable numbing medicine, and hid her incision under the ear for greatest scar camouflage. Our patient is shown just 2 months after treatment, with a natural-appearing and balanced outcome and excellent healing.
Earlobe reduction (also known as a “lobe lift”) is a minor surgical procedure most commonly performed in our clinic with an injection of numbing medicine (also called local anesthesia) or as part of a bigger facial rejuvenation surgery, such as a facelift or necklift. With the understanding that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, our facial plastic surgeon Dr. Fishman measures the ears and earlobes, and discusses ideal earlobe appearance, normal variation in earlobe symmetry, and scar placement as part of your initial consultation at our practice. Depending on your individual anatomy and aesthetic needs, Dr. Fishman hides the incision for earlobe reduction in the crease between the earlobe and the face, or places it at the lower border of the earlobe for best scar camouflage.