There are a few ways to repair a torn earlobe (Dr Young is near Seattle, Washington). A more complicated approach is to used intricate flaps to repair the tear and reconstruct a new ear ring hole. But this reconstruction is tedious and has a tendency to for more scars and to leave a larger hole that you would like. My preference is to take out the tear and close the earlobe completely followed by a piercing done 2-6 months later when it is all healed. The only drawback with earlobe repairs are the incision and the scar that it creates. What I do for the incision scar is to carry out a resurfacing during the time of the reconstruction so that when it heals the incision is harder to see. What I do is after I excise the tear, I carry out some dermasanding to take the top layers of the skin around the incision. I then close the incision. In a few weeks to a month the incision is healed over and much harder to see. The concurrent skin treatment allows the person to have it fixed plus an added scar revision in one sitting.
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Dr Young specializes in Facial Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington