Morristown doctor puts ‘gauged’ ears back together

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It’s time for a serious job interview.

woman with stretched ear lobe
Woman with stretched ear lobe, also known as 'ear gauging.' Photo by Gabriele from Bologna, Italy.

But you have a serious hole in your head.

Specifically, a gaping chasm where your ear lobe used to be.

What to do?

You might call Morristown Dr. Brian Glatt, suggests MSNBC.com.

The board-certified plastic surgeon specializes in repairing  effects of “ear gauging”– a body-piercing technique that stretches a hole for jewelry.

According to the article, Dr. Glatt is seeing a lot of young men who gauged their ears as teens and now regret it:

Glatt says he essentially has to reconstruct the whole earlobe. He cuts around the hole — “you’re almost taking out the core,” he explains. Then he slices the earlobe into two pieces, trims away excess skin and sews the pieces back together. He says the surgery leaves a scar down the earlobe right to the edge of the lobe.

Some patients hide this scar with–you guessed it–an earring.

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