Stopping the passage of time is an impossible mission. Delaying aging is possible thanks to aesthetic medicine, which has advanced enormously, covering every detail of the face to achieve a facial harmonization complete.

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However, an area often forgotten is the ear lobe. This small but significant area can reveal a person’s age, but fortunately, there are effective treatments to rejuvenate it. Is called lobuloplasty and it is increasingly requested.

This is how it explains Dr. María Ángeles López Maríndirector of the Rusiñol Medical Center, member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Aesthetic Medicine of Madrid and professor of the Master of Aesthetic Medicine at the Complutense University.



He ear lobelike the hands, undergoes a thinning process due to the reabsorption of collagen and elastin.

  • “This phenomenon is a marker of age and is normally forgotten to be treated. However, when we perform facial harmonization, it is essential to also treat the earlobe,” says the doctor.

Why does the earlobe age?

Loss of support in the lobe is accelerated by the use of clip-on earrings which cause crushing and increased loss of collagen and elastin.

“You can make a filled with a specific hyaluronic acidsimilar to that used on the lips, which is softer and maintains the shape and consistency of the lobe,” highlights the doctor.

This treatment is not only useful for thinning the lobe but also for correcting holes deformed by the weight of the earrings.

  • “The Durability of the filling is approximately one year to a year and a half.since it is not an area with a lot of movement, which does not accelerate the loss.

Lobuloplasty, the touch-up for the earlobes



The most popular aesthetic treatments

The five most in-demand aesthetic medicine treatments in Spain in 2023, according to the Spanish Society of Aesthetic Medicine (SEME) are IPL (intense pulsed light), fillers with hyaluronic acid, mesotherapy, PRP (platelet-rich plasma) and toxin.

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The treatments most associated with aesthetic medicine by the sample population are:

  • Nutritional guidance (50%)

  • Followed by botox (39%)

  • And other injectables (38%)