Auroplasty is a surgical procedure used to repair the ear lobe regularly wearing heavy earrings can lengthen the piercing hole and eventually cause it to pull through over time In order to correct a split earlobe, a widened piercing hole or a stretched ear piercing, a surgical procedure is necessary. It is a minor procedure that is done under local anesthesia. It involves trimming away the skin that has healed within the split, and then suturing the two sides back together to give a symmetric and pleasing appearance.