Earlobe augmentation.
The importance of the earlobes in the aesthetics of the aging face is stressed, and a method is presented by which the atrophic earlobe is augmented and reinnervated by the use of a shaved preauricular flap. The method is suggested for reestablishing sensation in the earlobes after denervation, and as an improvement or adjunct of the traditional rhytidectomy.
D004431:Ear, External / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps