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An open and shut case

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Rob

Don’t you just hate it when something happens and your entire earlobe is ripped open and is left dangling off the side of your head?

This is how the lobe looks now, two weeks after being closed up by Quentin from Kalima Emporium in Worthing, Sussex, UK.

I’m always amazed that body modification artists can reconstruct earlobes so well, yet some doctors can’t seem to figure out how to make a lobe look like a lobe again.

You can check the earlobe reconstruction gallery for shots of this lobe when it was first stitched up, as well as photos from other artists who can work miracles with a dangling piece of flesh.

Comments

20 responses to “An open and shut case”

  1. Pharmacist Avatar
    Pharmacist

    that split tragus is what gets to me more than the lobe. ugh

  2. Pharmacist Avatar
    Pharmacist

    that split tragus is what gets to me more than the lobe. ugh

  3. quinnn Avatar
    quinnn

    the tragus is pretty gnarly. but that earlobe is gorgeous! Quentin did such a great job.

  4. quinnn Avatar
    quinnn

    the tragus is pretty gnarly. but that earlobe is gorgeous! Quentin did such a great job.

  5. Valentine Avatar
    Valentine

    Wow, great re-construction!!

  6. Valentine Avatar
    Valentine

    Wow, great re-construction!!

  7. Devin Avatar
    Devin

    Lolol, it looks like his lobe melted! Looked, I suppose, now that it’s been reconstructed.

  8. Devin Avatar
    Devin

    Lolol, it looks like his lobe melted! Looked, I suppose, now that it’s been reconstructed.

  9. Devin Avatar
    Devin

    Lolol, it looks like his lobe melted! Looked, I suppose, now that it’s been reconstructed.

  10. Devin Avatar
    Devin

    Lolol, it looks like his lobe melted! Looked, I suppose, now that it’s been reconstructed.

  11. deeeeeee Avatar
    deeeeeee

    oh deary me, that split tragus kindof made me light headed….. :’[

  12. deeeeeee Avatar
    deeeeeee

    oh deary me, that split tragus kindof made me light headed….. :’[

  13. Kat Avatar
    Kat

    @Devin: comment stealer. 😛

    Split tragus definitely squicks me out… Good reconstruction, though.

  14. Kat Avatar
    Kat

    @Devin: comment stealer. 😛

    Split tragus definitely squicks me out… Good reconstruction, though.

  15. sik Avatar
    sik

    you know, i think it would be pretty funny to see some pics of earlobe repair fails…
    someone should make a slideshow 🙂

  16. sik Avatar
    sik

    you know, i think it would be pretty funny to see some pics of earlobe repair fails…
    someone should make a slideshow 🙂

  17. Spud Avatar
    Spud

    Yet another great job by Quentin, hes one of the best around guys…….

  18. Spud Avatar
    Spud

    Yet another great job by Quentin, hes one of the best around guys…….

  19. RBR, MD Avatar
    RBR, MD

    As a doctor, reconstructing ALL this stuff is a no-brainer.
    Good thing the DA’s and medboard authorities aren’t interested in modders W. scalpels.

  20. RBR, MD Avatar
    RBR, MD

    As a doctor, reconstructing ALL this stuff is a no-brainer.
    Good thing the DA’s and medboard authorities aren’t interested in modders W. scalpels.

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