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If you stretch your lobe past an inch or so, or you tear it, and then decide that you'd like to go "back to normal," surgical intervention will be required. As with all cosmetic surgery, a general rule is the more you spend the better a job you'll get.
'''Earpit irritation''' is irritation that some people get at the connecting point between earlobe and head, often in the spring.


There are some piercers willing to do this procedure for clients, but realistically this is a job for a surgeon. It should also be noted that done in a non-surgical environment there may be bleeding risks that can not be adequately handled.
Stretched lobe piercings can exaggerate this irritation and even cause the tissue to thicken and scar. If this is your situation, you may be stuck choosing between putting up with this irritation or taking out the stretched lobes.


After the procedure a small linear scar will usually be left. This scar will reduce over several months, and CO2 laser resurfacing can all but eliminate any scar.
[[File:Earpit_Irritation-1.jpg|center|429px|292px|Earpit Irritation-1.jpg]]


The reconstructed earlobe can be re-pierced and even stretched again if desired.
== Note on name ==
 
When [[Shannon Larratt]] was first writing the [[BME]] encyclopedia, he didn't know what to call this body part, so he called it "earpit" (as in "armpit").
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== See Also ==
* [[Earlobe Removal]]
* [[Earlobe Reconstruction History]]


== Entries related to this risk ==
== Entries related to this risk ==
* [[Stretched Earlobe Piercing]]
* [[Earlobe piercing]]
* [[Stretched earlobe piercing]]

Latest revision as of 03:05, 17 September 2023

Earpit irritation is irritation that some people get at the connecting point between earlobe and head, often in the spring.

Stretched lobe piercings can exaggerate this irritation and even cause the tissue to thicken and scar. If this is your situation, you may be stuck choosing between putting up with this irritation or taking out the stretched lobes.

Earpit Irritation-1.jpg

Note on name

When Shannon Larratt was first writing the BME encyclopedia, he didn't know what to call this body part, so he called it "earpit" (as in "armpit").

Entries related to this risk

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