Surgeons and staff of the New York Group for Plastic Surgery are here to support you after your ear lobe repair. The following instructions and guidelines will help your recovery process:
After your repair, you need to wait 12 weeks before re-piercing your ear. We can do this for you in our office or you may go to an outside facility of your choice.
You should leave the stud used to re-pierce your ear in place for an additional 8-12 weeks. While the stud is in place, we recommend you turn and clean the earrings with peroxide daily. Thus it will be a total of 6 months from the time of repair until you may wear earrings of your choice.