Tympanoplasty, or eardrum repair, is a surgery typically performed on children to repair a defect in the part of the ear called the tympanic membrane. The surgeon places a graft inside the eardrum to ...

While popular with teenagers and young adults, ear gauging is not something that you may want to have for the rest of your life. Ear gauging leaves a stretched hole in the ear from a half inch to much ...

There are two things known to be true about body modifications: pain and permanence. They're part of what makes piercings and tattoos so exciting — and yet, the more you look into it, the less painful ...

AJ Rafael spent half of his life wearing gauges that stretched his earlobes. Six months ago, he underwent a reparative ...

Dr. Pimple Popper shared dramatic before-and-after photos of an earlobe repair. Her patient's earlobes were previously gauged and had stretched out. Dr. Pimple Popper performs surgery to reconstruct ...

In Dr. Pimple Popper's latest Instagram video, she completed an out-of-the-ordinary type of surgery. Her patient came in with a torn earlobe, and the dermatologist fused it back together. Dr. Pimple ...

Your ears do more than hear. They help you balance, communicate, and stay connected to the world around you. Otology focuses on your ears, especially the middle and inner ear. Your outer ear is the ...

Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery and Medicine council member Lara Wetton said she conducted two main procedures for earlobes — repair and reduction — and both were becoming more popular. The ...