Kahn, who has performed plastic surgery for 30 years in San Francisco, saw his first ear distortion two years ago and has worked on half a dozen patients since, he said. To repair a stretched lobe ...

To prevent this, surgeons can anchor the ear in its correct position and ensure the procedure focuses on tightening the inner layers of the face rather than stretching the skin too tightly. ' ...

Stretched earlobes, a.k.a. “gauging” — piercing the ear, then enlarging the hole to accommodate jewelry — came into fashion in the United States sometime near the end of the 20th century.