People get their ears pinned so they don't stick out as much. I don't know about them getting their earlobes done, but earlobes do droop as you age. Maybe he was insecure about them. It's hard to tell more because in one picture he is scowling and the other his eyebrows are raised.

Only Ferengies get a lobe job.

no one.

When the face is cut, lifted, pulled back, and then reattached after removing the excess, the earlobes often go away. This is not unusual and is one of the dead give aways that someone has had work done. Sleepy Joe had a really poor job.

Lol you are not old. If I were dumb enough to fuck with my face, I would start with my ears. What a hideous mess they become. Before anything else. Vanity ain't my cup of tea, but if it were . . .