When Daniel Bocchino was 16, he started stretching his ear lobes, expanding them until he had an inch-wide hole in each lobe. But by the time he was 19, he was so over the piercing trend known as ear ...

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A few years ago, stretching your earlobes was all the rage for fashionistas looking for an alternative look. But now repairing stretched earlobes (or flesh tunnels, as they're often called) is one of ...

Dr. Julie Khanna inspects Kurt Barnett's earlobes. Both have big holes surrounded by droopy, thinned flesh. "We're going to cut a piece here, cut a piece here, close the opening here," the plastic ...

Before and after ear lobe surgery to correct flesh tunnels (Picture: Aurora Clinics) Flesh tunnels. Boy bands and indie kids love ’em, others are completely freaked out by them. They’re those holes ...