Genesis Dermatology is an earlobe repair clinic in Chennai for split, torn and stretched lobes. Split earlobe repair in Chennai is a short day-care procedure: you walk in, you walk out, and the ear can usually be re-pierced once it has healed.
Tell us whether one ear or both, and how long it has been torn. We will call back within working hours to confirm a slot.
Before and after
Torn and stretched earlobes repaired under local anaesthesia. Each pair shows the ear before the repair and after it has healed.
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Individual results vary with skin, hair type and how closely aftercare is followed. Photographs are published with each patient's consent.
Heavy jewellery, a snagged earring and decades of daily wear all do the same thing to a lobe. What differs is how far it has gone, and that decides the technique used for earlobe repair surgery in Chennai.
Most common
The hole has torn all the way through the lower edge and the lobe hangs in two. Earrings cannot be worn at all. The standard repair, and a reliable one.
Caught early
The hole has stretched downward but the lower rim is still intact. Easier to repair now than after it gives way completely.
Gradual stretch
Years of heavy jhumkas leave a long slit rather than a round hole. Earrings sit low and slip out. Ear hole repair in Chennai closes and reshapes it.
Deliberate stretch
Lobes stretched intentionally with plugs, then left with a large opening. Repairable, though it needs more tissue rearrangement.
Lumps on the lobe
Firm growths at the piercing site, common on the lobe and often recurring after being cut out elsewhere without a follow-up plan.
After a repair
A repaired lobe can take an earring again, but not through the old scar and not too soon.
Most people put this off for years and then want it done before a wedding. If there is a date in mind, tell us at the consultation. A torn earlobe repair in Chennai needs about a week to sutures-out and two to three months before the ear is re-pierced, so the timing has to be worked backwards.
About thirty to forty minutes for both ears. There is no admission, no general anaesthesia and no reason to take more than the afternoon off.
The lobe is examined, the technique chosen for how far the tear has gone, and the timeline explained, including when the ear can be re-pierced.
Local anaesthesia, the torn edges freshened, and the lobe closed in layers so the lower rim keeps its shape. Both ears are usually done in the same sitting.
Sutures come out at about a week. A review after that, and re-piercing once the scar has matured, usually at two to three months.
A torn earlobe has been open for months or years, and the edges have healed over with their own skin. The tear is no longer a wound, it is two finished edges sitting next to each other.
That is why it never closes on its own however long you leave the earrings out, and why the repair is not simply a matter of stitching it together. The lining of each edge has to be removed first so there is raw tissue to unite, and the lobe is then closed in layers so the lower rim does not notch as it heals.
Getting that lower edge right is the part that shows. A repair that closes the slit but leaves a step or a notch at the rim is visible every time light catches it, and it is far harder to correct the second time.
It is a small procedure done well or done twice, which is the argument for having an earlobe repair doctor in Chennai do it rather than whoever can put in a stitch.
Distance is a fair reason to choose a clinic. Who repairs the lobe matters more, because the result is on your face. If you have been searching for earlobe repair near me or split earlobe repair near me, we have three clinics in Chennai, so one of them is usually a short drive away.
Patients come to us from across the city and from the suburbs. If the branch nearest you is full, the front desk will offer you a slot at one of the other two rather than push your appointment out by a week.
Ashok Nagar covers the T. Nagar, Saidapet, K.K. Nagar and Vadapalani side; Kottivakkam covers Adyar, Thiruvanmiyur, Besant Nagar and the OMR stretch; Porur covers Ramapuram, Valasaravakkam, Mogappair and the Mount-Poonamallee corridor. Wherever you searched for an earlobe repair doctor near me from, one of the three is close to you.
Patients regularly travel to us from
★★★★★Both ears torn from years of heavy jhumkas. Done in one afternoon, and I was re-pierced in time for my daughter wedding.
Saroja M.Ashok Nagar
★★★★★I had been wearing clip-ons for a decade because I assumed it was a hospital operation. It took forty minutes.
Fathima A.Kottivakkam
★★★★★The edge of my lobe looks like it always did, which is what I was worried about most.
Geetha V.Porur
Consultation is charged separately from the procedure. Our front desk will tell you the exact fee when they confirm your slot, so there is no surprise at the counter.
No. It is a day-care procedure under local anaesthesia, usually thirty to forty minutes for both ears. There is no admission, no general anaesthesia, and you go home immediately afterwards.
The anaesthetic injection stings for a few seconds. After that you feel pressure rather than pain. Most people take a paracetamol that evening and nothing after.
Usually two to three months, once the scar has matured. The new hole is placed away from the scar line rather than through it, and light studs are worn first. Re-piercing too early is the commonest reason a repaired lobe tears a second time.
A fine line that fades over a few months. The part that matters more is the lower rim of the lobe, which is why it is closed in layers rather than simply stitched across. Done properly, the outline of the lobe looks normal.
Yes, and most people do. It saves a second visit and both ears then heal on the same timeline, which matters if you are working towards a wedding or a function.
Still repairable, though a large opening needs more tissue rearrangement and occasionally two stages. You are told at the consultation what the realistic result looks like for the size of your opening before anything is booked.
We have three clinics in Chennai (Ashok Nagar, Kottivakkam and Porur) and an aesthetic clinic in R.S. Puram, Coimbatore. Full addresses and phone numbers for each are further down this page. Parking is available at all four, and each clinic has its own direct number if you would rather call that branch.
Three clinics across Chennai (Ashok Nagar, Kottivakkam and Porur) and our aesthetic clinic in R.S. Puram, Coimbatore. Pick whichever is closest to you.
Genesis Dermatology Skin & Hair Clinic
No. 85, 1st Street Avenue, Ashok Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600083
Genesis Dermatology Skin & Hair Clinic
Plot No. 394, Nehru Nagar, Kottivakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600041
Genesis Dermatology Skin & Hair Clinic
Plot No. 319, Mt Poonamallee Road, Ayappanthangal, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600056
Genesis Dermatology Luxé – Aesthetic Clinic
#241, E TV Swamy Road, R.S. Puram, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641002
One consultation tells you which technique your lobe needs, how long healing takes and when the ear can be pierced again.
A torn earlobe is the definition of a small problem left alone too long. Women wear clip-ons for years, avoid photographs from one side, and assume the repair means a hospital, an operation theatre and a week off.
It means none of those things. It is a day-care procedure under local anaesthesia, both ears in one sitting, sutures out at about a week and re-piercing at two to three months.
What it does need is care with the lower rim of the lobe. The torn edges have to be freshened so they can unite, and the lobe closed in layers so the outline does not notch as it heals. A repair that closes the slit but leaves a step at the edge is visible for good and harder to correct the second time.
We repair split, partially torn, elongated and deliberately stretched lobes, and treat keloids at old piercing sites. If you have a wedding or a function in mind, say so at the consultation so the timeline can be worked backwards. Send the form above, or call the clinic during working hours.
Every consultation here is with a qualified earlobe repair doctor in Chennai: MBBS with an MD in dermatology, registered with the Tamil Nadu Medical Council, a member of the Indian Association of Dermatologists, and consulting in Tamil, English and Hindi. You are examined by the doctor at every visit, not handed to a therapist after the first one.
Leave your number and our front desk will call you back to fix a time.
