Otoplasty / Pinnaplasty (Ear Correction)
If it is your ears that you’re unhappy with, then ear correction surgery could be one option. It can help to permanently change the position or shape of your ears, giving you more self-confidence. Ear correction surgery can do a number of things:
- Reduce the size of your ears, making them more proportionate to your face
- Pin your ears back so they are less prominent
- Reshape the ears if they have been damaged in an injury, for example
- Reconstruct misshapen or deformed ears
What does it involve?
You will be talked through every step of the process by your dedicated expert ear consultant before the procedure. This way you will know exactly what your operation will entail. Any problems will be covered and you will be told the best ways for you to get the final result you want.
The surgery itself will be undertaken with you under either general or local anaesthetic. The surgeon will need to make a fine incision in the ear fold (where your ear joins your head); from here, any cartilage or skin that needs to be changed will be removed or re-shaped, and then small stitches will be used to hold the ear in place.
How long is recovery?
Recovery from otoplasty or pinnaplasty procedures is generally only a couple of weeks. You will need to wear bandages for this initial fortnight after the surgery, but then you will be able to resume work as normal. The bandages help to keep the ears in their new position and will aid in the healing process. Sporting activities will need to be left until 6 months after the operation.
There will be a scar where the surgeon made the incision, but as this is made behind the ear the scar itself will not be visible. Over time scars heal to become the same colour as your normal skin tone but Bio-oil or vitamin E oil can help speed this process along.
Otoplasty / Pinnaplasty (Ear Correction) Consultants
Qualifications
MB BS, MSc, FRCS (Ed), FRCS (Plast)
Clinical Interests
Mr Dujon’s special interests are breast reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, facial rejuvenation (including laser...
Qualifications
MB BS, MSc, FRCS (Ed), FRCS (Plast)
Clinical Interests
Mr Dujon’s special interests are breast reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, facial rejuvenation (including laser...
Qualifications
BSc(Hons) MBBS FRCS MD FRCSPlast
Clinical Interests
Cosmetic surgery
Breast augmentation
Breast reduction
Breast reconstructive and revision surgery
Mastopexy
Gynaecomastic...
Qualifications
BSc(Hons) MBBS FRCS MD FRCSPlast
Clinical Interests
Cosmetic surgery
Breast augmentation
Breast reduction
Breast reconstructive and revision surgery
Mastopexy
Gynaecomastic...
Qualifications
MBChB, MRCS, MD, FRCS (Plast)
Clinical Interests
Breast Augmentation
Breast Reduction
Revision Breast Surgery
Breast Reconstruction
Correction of Breast Asymmetry
Abdominoplasty...
Qualifications
MBChB, MRCS, MD, FRCS (Plast)
Clinical Interests
Breast Augmentation
Breast Reduction
Revision Breast Surgery
Breast Reconstruction
Correction of Breast Asymmetry
Abdominoplasty...
Qualifications
FRCS(Plast.), FRCS(Eng.), MD, MBChB, BSc
Clinical Interests
All types of cosmetic surgery
Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck)
Brachioplasty (arm lift)
Breast augmentation
Breast reduction
Non-surgical...
Qualifications
FRCS(Plast.), FRCS(Eng.), MD, MBChB, BSc
Clinical Interests
All types of cosmetic surgery
Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck)
Brachioplasty (arm lift)
Breast augmentation
Breast reduction
Non-surgical...
