Earlobe reconstruction using a Limberg flap in six ears

Many methods of earlobe reconstruction using one or two stages have been described. These have used (i) the superimposition of two flaps, (ii) a single flap lined with a skin graft or (iii) doubled-over single or bilobed flaps. We present a new method of earlobe reconstruction using a doubled-over Limberg flap, which we have used in six ears. This produces a good-looking earlobe, which needs defatting after 3–4 months and suffered minimal necrosis at the tip of the folded flap in three cases. There was no earlobe shrinkage on long-term follow-up.