If you have damaged your earlobes by wearing heavy earrings or stretched them to accommodate gauges, earlobe repair might be a good option for you. Some patients have even torn their earlobes accidentally or even have a remaining scar from a previous piercing. Regardless, earlobe repair is one solution. How Does Damage Happen? Let’s go over how damage happens. Earlobe damage can occur from a variety of places. Wearing earrings that are heavy for long periods of time will gradually elongate the lobes, making the piercing location stretch downward. This does not require a piercing to happen. Wearing heavy clip-on earrings can have the same result. Another common cause is trauma, where an earring has been ripped from the earlobe. This is probably the most common reason for an earlobe repair because it is easy to do. If an earring gets hooked on a sweater or is accidentally grabbed by…