Category: ear reshaping | otoplasty

Optimal Incision Locations for Otoplasty Surgery

Otoplasty is a relatively simple and effective procedure for reshaping the prominent ear. Cartilage bending/repositioning through sutures is the backbone of the operation with a minor role for cartilage excision/scoring. But the ability to do these maneuvers requires an incision and this is almost always placed on the back surface of the ear. While Read More…

Otoplasty in the Long Ear (Macrotia)

Prominent ears are the most common reason for an aesthetic otoplasty correction. There are numerous reasons that one has ears that stick out too far from the absence of the antihelical fold, a large concha or combinations thereof. The surgical techniques used to treat prominent ears are based on creating a more defined antihelical fold, Read More…

Case Study – Otoplasty Reversal Using An Interpositional Metal Spacer

Background: Otoplasty for protruding ears is primarily done by cartilage reshaping/repositioning. Whether it is the placement of antihelical or concha-mastoid sutures, the ear is ‘pulled back or ‘pinned’ by cartilage manipulation. The use of these suture techniques is primarily an art and how many are used, placed and their degree of tightening is a Read More…

Case Study – Early Age Otoplasty for Protruding Ears

ackground: The ear is made up of a complex array of ridges and depressions in a very small anatomic area. The dominant features of the ear is the external helical ridge with an internal antihelical ridge, both of which surround the bowl of the ear (concha) which surrounds the ear canal. Normally the outer helix Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Webbed Neck Correction with Otoplasties

Background: The webbed neck deformity is a congenital skin fold disorder that runs along the sides of the neck to the shoulders. Known technically as the pterygium colli deformity, it is known to occur in a large number of medical conditions but the most common are the genetic conditions of Turner’s and Noonan syndrome as Read More…

Incisional vs. Excisional Skin Otoplasty for Protruding Ears

Correction of prominent ears is an aesthetic surgery that has been done for over a hundred years. The anatomy of an otoplasty is relatively simple as there is just skin and cartilage associated with much of the ear. A wide variety of cartilage changing techniques have been used in otoplasty and they all can have Read More…

Case Study: Otoplasty with Earlobe Reduction

Background: Otoplasty, known as ear reshaping, is a commonly performed cosmetic procedure whose intent is to make the ears less conspicuous. An aesthetically pleasing ear is one which blends into the side of the head and has no feature that makes it an ‘eye catcher’. The best looking ear is really one that is not Read More…

A Study in Incisionless Otoplasty

The surgical correction of protruding ears has been successfully done for over a century. It has long been recognized that the problem in the ear that sticks out too far lies in its cartilage framework, either lacking an adequate antihelical fold or having a too prominent concha. A postauricular open approach with the placement Read More…

Technical Strategies In Plastic Surgery – Laser Assisted Otoplasty

The correction of prominent ears by standard otoplasty techniques has been around for decades. Using horizontal sutures of various materials, known as Mustarde sutures, the antihelix is created or made more prominent to pull the helix of the ear back into a more asesthetically acceptable position. While there are other aspects of the ear (concha, Read More…

Management of the Earlobe in Otoplasty

Otoplasty is a common and extremely effective procedure for treating ears that stick out too far. (protruding ears) It is one of the most satisfying of all the facial plastic surgery procedures. It achieves its effects by reshaping the ear cartilage to give it a better shape through the creation of an antihelical fold or/reduction Read More…