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Earlobe augmentation.

B I Jemec
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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.

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B I Jemec. 1986. Earlobe augmentation.. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01575265

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