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Restoration of curved earlobe configuration with scar tissue advancement flap combined with second-intention wound
1Department of Dermatology, Dermatologic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco.
The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology
|October 1, 1992
Abstract:
Reconstruction of earlobe curvature in a scar-deformed and displaced earlobe was accomplished by a combination of 1) hypertrophic scar debulking, 2) partial defect closure by scar tissue flap advancement to re-establish the cephalic extent of the neck at the infralobular crease, and 3) second-intention healing of the noncovered lower earlobe, preserving its surgically re-established curved configuration. Although this article specifically addresses scarring deformities of the earlobe, the same principles could be applied to congenital, noncicatricial tenting deformities.