Joseph Shvidler, MD Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon. How Is Earlobe Repair Performed? Suturing a piercing shut would result in an earlobe with an abnormal contour, so tissue is recruited from other areas of the earlobe in what is known as a local flap reconstruction.
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The warm water will help soften the skin.
The treatment takes about 20-30 minutes.
Cheek Piercing Closure - Left Side.
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Any type of piercing poses a risk of complications, including: Allergic reactions.
The belly button hole repair procedure is minimally invasive, takes under an hour, and is usually performed in our office under local anesthesia.
Gandolfi says many times he’s performing a surgical belly button piercing repair as part of a tummy tuck procedure.
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In order to correct a split earlobe, a widened piercing hole or a stretched ear piercing, a surgical procedure is necessary.
Once the patient is numbed, "the inner lining of the elongated earlobe hole is.
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For most patients, the final result is a flat, fine-line scar that is much less perceptible than the piercing hole.