059 Frank’s Crease - Your Earlobe’s Secret Heart Clue or Just Skin Deep?

Life after a Heart Attack or Heart Surgery | Mental, Emotional & Practical Heart Health Wellness

Life after a Heart Attack or Heart Surgery | Mental, Emotional & Practical Heart Health Wellness
059 Frank’s Crease - Your Earlobe’s Secret Heart Clue or Just Skin Deep?
Mar 29, 2026 Season 3 Episode 59
Sallie Crawley

Have you ever noticed a diagonal crease on your earlobe and wondered if it means something serious?

In this episode, we explore Frank’s Crease (also known as Frank’s Sign), the line across the earlobe that some researchers have linked to heart disease.

If you’re living with or beyond a heart attack, cardiac surgery, heart failure or a diagnosis that changed everything, it’s so easy for small things to trigger big anxiety. So today, we gently unpack:

• What Frank’s Crease actually is
 • What the research really says (and doesn’t say)
 • Whether it’s fact, fiction or somewhere in between
 • Why it should never replace proper heart health checks
 • How to stay calm and informed without spiralling

This episode is about clarity over fear. Information without overwhelm.  And learning to trust evidence, not headlines. Because your heart health is about far more than a crease in your ear.

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Getting to know Sallie Crawley
Survivorship after a heart attack or cardiac surgery can be challenging. You can rebuild the puzzle of your life and thrive. It takes one beat at a time and the support of people who have had similar experiences. You are not alone. Join me and other hearties in the My Heart & Mind Community, you'll get a warm welcome. You can also visit my website www.myheartandmind.co.uk

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