Lobuloplasty

Lobuloplasty is surgical repair of a damaged earlobe. It is a short procedure done under local anaesthesia — no hospitalisation required. The damaged tissue is excised, wound edges are freshened, and the earlobe is closed with fine sutures. The result is a neat, natural-looking earlobe with minimal visible scarring in most patients.

In straightforward split and torn earlobe cases, if the patient wants an earring immediately, the surgery itself is modified — it is finished with an earring inserted directly. There is no separate piercing step. You leave with an earring already in place.

Bring the lightest earring you own. Gold is preferred. This is discussed and planned at consultation.

This is not routinely offered everywhere. It is standard practice here for eligible cases.

Lobuloplasty is appropriate for:

Gauged earlobe repair uses the same surgical principles as split earlobe repair, with some technical differences depending on hole size.

Large gauge holes will not close on their own. Surgery can close the hole, but patients need to understand: there will be a scar along the repair, and there will be some degree of indentation in the earlobe — how much depends on how large the gauge was. The goal is a natural, neat appearance — not a perfectly identical earlobe. This is discussed in detail at consultation.

Immediate earring insertion at the time of surgery is not preferred for gauged earlobe repair.

Earlobe repair is a minor procedure, but the outcome depends as much on aftercare as on surgery.

If a previous earlobe repair has failed and split again, it can be redone. Revision cases involve more complex tissue handling than a primary repair — wound management, scar tissue behaviour, tissue viability. This is plastic surgery territory. I take revision cases regularly.

Both sides can be done in one sitting — cost is per earlobe. A simple split and a gauged earlobe repair are not the same procedure. Exact figure confirmed at consultation.