What types of earlobe deformities are there?

The earlobe occupies a very small proportion of our body, but it is still relatively important in personal image. Although earlobe deformity will not attract people's attention and can be covered with hair in daily life, this is not a solution to the problem after all. Earlobe deformity will also have a great psychological impact on patients. Now let’s talk about the several types of earlobe deformities.

1. Small earlobes

For those with small earlobes, no earlobes, or triangular earlobes, earlobe enlargement or reconstruction can be performed. The surgery is now more mature and less traumatic and painful. This is also a type of earlobe deformity.

2. The earlobes are too big

In the past, people considered big earlobes to be beautiful, believing that they were a sign of good fortune and good ears, and seemed to think that the bigger the earlobes, the better. The ears generally get bigger as we age. If the earlobe is too large when we are young, the drooping earlobe when we are old is not beautiful. Therefore, plastic surgery can only be performed when the earlobe is too large, especially if one side is enlarged, which requires surgery to reduce its size.

3. Earlobe adhesion

The edge of a normal earlobe is a drooping arc, and the angle between the earlobe and the side of the face is less than 90 degrees. When the earlobe is adhered, the downward curvature of the earlobe edge disappears, and the connection with the face is no longer at an angle, but instead it becomes an adhesion structure slanting downward. This is also a type of earlobe deformity.

4. Cleft earlobe

A cleft earlobe can be congenital or traumatic. Traumatic earlobe clefts caused by violent pulling of earrings are more common. This type of earlobe cleft has no structural defects and the top of the cleft is at the ear hole. Congenital cleft earlobe may have structural defects and irregular clefts. Some congenital cleft earlobes have weak structures near the edge of the cleft. Dehiscent earlobe disease is more common in the right ear of men and in the left ear of women. Many patients with microtia sometimes have mildly sunken earlobes, dehiscent earlobes or sunken defects, which destroy the beauty of the head and face. Therefore, surgery should be used to correct it. This is also a kind of earlobe deformity.