My earlobes were larger than ideal and after watching some surgery youtube videos, the surgery seemed simple enough to do on my own. So, I decided to try it myself. I bought a practice suture set and some scalpels, but I couldn't get injectable lidocaine on amazon, so I had to improvise. I used ibuprofen, phenibut, and some numbing cream, which barely did anything.
Despite the weak numbing, I pushed through the pain, It was still very painful and because of my inability to face my fears I did tiny cuts slowly cutting off the earlobe. It literally took hours, and the amount of blood was surprising. In the videos, there was hardly any, but by the time I was done, my torso was covered in dried blood. It was certainly not enjoyable, but I committed to cutting it off, so I finished one earlobe and decided to leave the other for another day.
When it came time to suturing, the angle and the type of cut made it much harder than I anticipated, and so I gave up, but the scar is barely noticeable, so I don't care. The pain made me put off the second earlobe for a couple of weeks, but this time, I bought actual injectable lidocaine. With this, the second earlobe removal was painless and took less than 15 minutes.
That was almost two years ago, and I haven’t attempted any more diy surgeries since.
