Earlobes should not be pulling down with your cheek with a facelift by Dr. Philip Young: Earlobes should not be pulling down with your cheek with a facelift. This is a common error with facelifts. You need to avoid taking out too much skin after pulling up the muscle layer in a facelift. This condition will lead to a pixie ear deformity where the earlobes are stretched down. It is common knowledge among the facial plastic surgery community to avoid tension on the skin when closing a facelift incision. Scarring and pulling of the ear are common sequelae when there is significant tension on the skin. Don’t worry though there are ways to correct this. There are many options to reversing this condition. I had a male patient recently that just had that problem from another surgeon. We were able to correct this with some minimally invasive approaches. Here is a video on face lift.
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Dr Young specializes in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington