EAR RESHAPING (Otoplasty) SURGERY

• It reduces the projection of prominent ears. The angle between the head and the ear is about 35°. Many people consider a greater angle to be unaesthetic. Do people talk about your ears? Were you laughed at in school? If yes, then this surgery may be the right thing for you.
• It reduces the size of big ears.
• It corrects irregularities in the outline of the ear, such as the outline of 'pointy ears' or 'lopped ears'.
• It may also help correct earlobe problems such as lacerations due to heavy earrings, enlargement of the earlobe due to aging and scars from previous face lifts.

Local anesthesia and complementary sedation.

Between 45 and 90 minutes.

The surgeon makes a vertical incision on the back of each ear, exposing the cartilage that is under the skin (this cartilage is what gives the ear firmness and defines its shape). There are two possible procedures, according to the particular characteristics of each case: 1) The surgeon sculpts the cartilage and folds it towards the head to reduce its projection, then he sutures with permanent stitches that will hold it in the desired position. 2) The surgeon removes part of the cartilage to achieve a larger reduction before folding it towards the head, then he sutures with permanent stitches that will hold it in the desired position.

There is no need to be hospitalized; it is done on an outpatient basis.

The results are permanent. Those who used to feel insecure or embarrassed because of their ears tend to feel very satisfied with the changes obtained with this surgery.