Earlobe fillers are officially a thing
Does your earlobe spring to mind when you think of fillers? Me neither. Cheeks and lips? Sure. But earlobes? Never.
It's an actual thing though, and was recently thrust into the spotlight when The Real Housewives Of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak-Biermann revealed she’d had the procedure.
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Kim’s daughter Brielle revealed the news on twitter. “My mom gets filler in her ears because her diamond earrings are too heavy..... #richpeopleproblems,” she tweeted. Kim then confirmed the procedure. “Just my right ear that I use to talk on the phone (my lobe is pulled down slightly) so rather than have surgery to fix it, a couple years ago Dr Ourian put a tad of filler in the lobe and my earring stays straight up instead of facing downward," she wrote.
What is it?
Filler is a quick solution to help plump up and lift the earlobe. It only requires a few injections of hyaluronic acid filler, so it’s an easier option than ear surgery. However, it can be a little pricey and does require touch-ups.
Why do people get it?
Look, we know Kim's reason is a little much. But if you put the ‘my diamonds are too heavy’ thing aside for a second, she does have a point. After all, our hefty $19.99 Lovisa numbers could stretch out ear piercings too.
Dermatologist Michelle Henry, MD, spoke to Refinery29 about why more people are getting the procedure. "These are really young, fashionable women who are wearing large statement earrings that can be quite heavy. With time, that starts to pull on the piercing site [which then] starts to stretch and stretch and stretch, and become elongated. Eventually, it might even tear through the ear,” she said. But Dr. Henry explains that ageing is also a factor: "As we get older, our collagen starts to deteriorate. When that happens, the ears start to deflate, sag, and become floppy.”
It's unusual, but for the earlobe-conscious and earring-obsessed, it seems to be popular!
Have you ever had an earlobe piercing stretch? Would you ever try this procedure?
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I have a few heavy earrings but I try not to wear them too long. Besides the stretching it gets uncomfortable.
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Beauty procedures keep getting weirder and weirder every year
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The way I figure it is that while the cosmetic surgeons are practising on people with earlobe fillers they are finding better ways to help those that are in real need, with facial abnormalities.
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Wow. I just wear studs or light earrings but then again I don't own heavy diamond earrings.
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What an article. . Im speechless
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This to me sound's like a gimmick-money grabbing. Filler's in lips & under eye's etc I can understand why people would go to such lengths but this nope.
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Who even notices your earlobes?
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Not a procedure I would consider or need but can understand how others need it for their confidence.
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Oh my goodness! How about accepting ourselves as we are?
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I had never heard of this before but after reading about it, it does sound useful to those who wear heavy earrings.
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I don't think that I would even have fillers in my cheeks or lips, let alone my ear lobes. Anyway, whatever someone does to their body is none of my business!
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I only wear studs because otherwise my kids pull at my ears, but good to know its an easy enough solution to fix.
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You know in some cultures in Africa i.e the Masaai community , they purposely get their ear lobes stretched as it is perceived to be beautiful. So you see lots of pretty Masaai women in Kenya with large holes on their ears where their ear lobes are.
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Yes and in some non-African cultures, they have spacers!
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Seems a bit OTT for me! But I can see the benefit as others have pointed out!
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Oh wow they can really do everything these days.
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I can't wear heavy earrings for long, so thankfully stretching earlobes hasn't been an issue for me
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I don't have my ears pierced so no earlobe issues with me.
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So I laughed when I first read the title of the article because I thought wow, now people are feeling pressured and insecure about ear lobes. But after reading the article, I can understand this. It's not something I think I would ever get, but you never know.
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I'm a fan of the ginormous earring & my earlobes are a little stretched but they're still full. If I were self conscious, I'd just wear really large studs as a cover up.
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This is not something I've head of before, but I have to say that it does sort of make sense for people who wear heavy earrings and their lobes have stretched as a result. It's a lift for the lobes!
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I felt the same way after I looked into it Bellefleur! x
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Have to admit those weighed down stretched holes do look a bit strange! Glad I've never been a heavy earring wearer.
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