what is Ear Reshaping Surgery (Otoplasty):
The shape, size or positioning of the ears can make a huge difference to whether a person has confidence in their appearance or not, and for many years people have been choosing to have ear reshaping surgery to increase their self-confidence. Ear reshaping Can be surgical and non-surgical procedures for correcting the deformities and defects of the external ear and for reconstructing a defective, or deformed, or absent external ear, consequent to congenital conditions such as (microtia, anotia, bat ears, cauliflower ear ) and trauma we can corrects the defect or deformity by creating an external ear that is of natural proportions, contour, and appearance, usually achieved by the reshaping, the moving, and the augmenting of the cartilaginous support framework of the pinna.
why having ear reshaping surgery??
- Increased self-confidence and self esteem
- Wider choice of hairstyles
- Stop unfriendly comments
- More choice in sports and careers
who for ear reshaping??
In general ears are not the center of most people attention. How often have you heard someone say: you know, he’s got the nicest ears I have ever seen . In fact ears for the most part should not be noticed. This is the point regarding ear plastic surgery – ears are meant to be not noticed.
-If they are noticed it is usually because there is something different about them; there is something about the ear that is unusual and brings one’s attention to it .Commonly this is because the ear protruding outwards ( bat ears) normally these ears are not bigger than normal. It is just that instead of staying close to the scalp, they bend outward. If however it does bother you, we can offer a plastic surgical option that is very effective at correcting the problem simply help to reduce the size ,with your optimum satisfaction.
-usually the problem starts since birth and is due to congenital lack of curvature of the cartilage within the ear. Normally the ear cartilage bends backwards toward the scalp but with people who have bat ears this curvature never occurs and the ears remains protruding outward. If noticed with in 6 weeks of birth, it is possible to reshape the cartilage by just modeling it into proper position without surgery.
The procedure for ear shaping:
Ear reshaping usually takes between two and three hours to complete while the patient is under a general anesthetic. It is a straightforward procedure which involves the experienced surgeon making small and discreet surgical incisions (pinnaplasty incision) located completely behind the ears to be hidden and it heals exceptionally well with little scar tissue and within the ears to ensure that there is no visible scarring as a result of the procedure, or both. However, it can be used as a way of simply altering the shape or size too and this is done by removing the skin, reshaping the cartilage underneath and stitching the ears before bandaging the area.
-A completely different type of problem is the underdeveloped ear or one that has never developed at all .these two types of problems called microtia and anotia respectively .these are much more difficult problems and may very well associated with other than congenital problems .
-The nice thing about correcting these problems is that the ear is easy to numb with lidocaine that mean the correction can be under local anesthesia with minimal pain.
Complications & recovery:
Most patients are satisfied with their ear reshaping.
Very rare complications may happen as:-
Hematoma: which must evacuated with our expert surgeons
*perichondritis (inflammation): suitable antibiotic is required.
* Infection. Cellulitis is rare after otoplasty, but it is treated aggressively, with antibiotics in order to avoid chondritis.
-Recovery time varies from one patient to another though in all cases you will be advised to rest and takes things easy in the first week after the surgery. You should be able to return to work after a week to 10 days. Any physical activities should be kept to a minimum and in the case of contact sports, avoided for about 3 weeks.
Most patients don't have any problems during the recovery period but in the rare case that you do, contact your surgeon immediately
