After months of searching for a good plastic surgeon to “fix my ears” I finally did it! Yesterday I had both of my earlobes reconstructed. A little back-story…. When I was younger I got a staph infection in both ears. The holes healed extremely low and eventually one (the right one) ripped out. I had that one fixed back in elementary school. Fast forward over ten years to college – I decide to get the right hole re-pierced. They pierce it super low, to match the left ear, but this one ends up being even lower. So low, you can see the back when I wear even the tiniest diamond studs. Plus, a couple weeks before I wedding I ripped it even worse. So, yesterday I had both of them reconstructed!
It was not at all painful and only lasted about an hour. They numbed the entire earlobe with a numbing gel, and then I received shots to numb it even more…. After that, I am not sure what all they did. I did not want to know what was going on, or else I would have passed out! 1 hour later, I was all done. There are 8 stitches in my left ear and 6 in my right. I go back on Monday to get them removed, then in 8-ish weeks I go back to the plastic surgeon to have then re-pierced. I am definitely going to ask for the numbing gel when they re-pierce them… that stuff was amazing!
It was not at all painful and only lasted about an hour. They numbed the entire earlobe with a numbing gel, and then I received shots to numb it even more…. After that, I am not sure what all they did. I did not want to know what was going on, or else I would have passed out! 1 hour later, I was all done. There are 8 stitches in my left ear and 6 in my right. I go back on Monday to get them removed, then in 8-ish weeks I go back to the plastic surgeon to have then re-pierced. I am definitely going to ask for the numbing gel when they re-pierce them… that stuff was amazing!
