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bjbjqPqP Adrian Richards: Hello. My name is Adrian Richards. I'm a plastic surgeon and
the Surgical Director of Aurora Clinics. In this video, we're going to be showing you
an operation I did to correct a split earlobe. Split earlobes occur from, normally, people
who wear heavy earrings or have got very soft earlobes when the hole either lengthens or
goes straight the way through, producing a complete split. It's a very common scenario
we specialise in, and if you would like any information about repair, please contact us
either by phoning us or emailing us. Question: So how did you find out about Aurora? Patient:
I was really unhappy with the way my ears were. I really wanted to do something about
it. I was really nervous about getting plastic surgery of any kind done, but I decided that
I would look online. I googled and I found Mr. Richards online. Amazing. YouTube really
made me feel really confident that everything was there, very self-explanatory, very out
in the open. Everything was really transparent, and I was confident before I even set foot
in the clinic, quite frankly. Adrian Richards: So what we're going to do in the patient today
is there are two rents there, and we're going to remove them both. So they will be sewn
up like that, like an "M" really. It looks like an "M" now really. There's a hole here
and then a hole here. So our patient would like to have them both removed and go back
to . . . Patient: Absolutely. I agree. Adrian Richards: So it looks like an "M." This is
quite unusual pattern with a split earlobe. I'm just going to numb it up. This is going
to sting a little bit here. Are you okay? Patient: Yeah. Adrian Richards: There we go.
How painful was that? Patient: No, it's fine. Not painful at all. No, it's fine. Adrian
Richards: That's good. This is the most painful bit of the procedure. So we just put lots
and lots of local anaesthetic, and this local anaesthetic lasts about an hour, and we just
let that work. The right one is much smaller. You could probably get away without removing
it all. I think this one here, probably best to remove the rent, so we'll have a look at
that one in a minute. This side isn't quite so bad, is it? Patient: No, it isn't. Why
that should be, I'm not sure. Adrian Richards: A little scratch coming again. Are you all
right? Patient: Yes, fine. Adrian Richards: Who's here with you today then? Patient: My
husband. Adrian Richards: Oh. Oh, he's outside. Patient: Yeah. Adrian Richards: I saw him
outside. Patient: Yeah. Adrian Richards: Great. That's good. We're done. So we'll just let
that work for a minute, and Aggie, you just clean everything up and then we'll remove
the rent. Aggie: Okay. Adrian Richards: We're just going to remove, you can see it's in
an "M" fashion here. So I'm going to remove this bit here, this bit here, this bit here
and this bit here. Then we'll sew it up so we'll have two vertical scars on the earlobe.
I think that's going to be the easiest way of doing this operation. We'll show you when
the tissue's been removed. These are the bits we've just removed, that bit and that bit.
You can see it does look like a bit of an "M"' there, there, there and there. I'm just
going to sew it up now neatly. I'll show you how it looks when it's sewn up. So these are
the two bits we've removed, and this is the earlobe now all sewn up, as you can see. I'm
very pleased about a nice, natural curve to the earlobe, and when that all heals, I think
you'll be able to have a new piercing there. You can see the two bits. That was the complete
bit, and that was the incomplete bit there, which we removed. On this ear, we've got two
splits here and here, and we're just going to remove the splits, probably try to keep
the rim intact and sew everything up. So I've removed both the holes now. I'm just going
to sew them up nice and neat. I'll show you that in a second. So there are the two bits
we've removed. Two bits from the ear, and then that's the earlobe now reconstructed
with those little stitches in there. I think that's come together quite well. Looks good.
I think the earlobe just looks natural now. It'll be ready for piercing again in about
three months. Aggie: So the sutures are dissolvable. Patient: Okay. Aggie: So I'll put a little
dressing over it. I'd like you to keep it dry for the next few days. Probably Wednesday
or Thursday you could take the tape off. You will see the stitches. Just don't worry about
them at all. You can start showering your hair and things as normal. They will fall
out when they've done their job. You don't need to pull them or anything. Obviously,
no ear piercing for three months. If you've got any worries at all, just pick the phone
up. My number's on the bottom of the post-op instructions. Patient: Excellent. Aggie: Okay.
patient: Thank you. Adrian Richards: Thank you for watching the video. I really appreciate
you taking the time to do so. And a big thank you to the patient for allowing us to show
their video. If you would like to contact us about this or any other procedure, please
do so, again by phoning us at 01844 214 362 or emailing us at info@aurora-clinics.co.uk.
We do look forward to hearing from you. :p{iz urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags
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