Category: ear reshaping | otoplasty

Otoplasty For Protruding Ears: Matching The Cartilage Problem With The Surgical Technique

Even though the ears are located off to the side of the face, they can have an influence on one’s facial appearance. Being made up of a collection of ridges and grooves with a dangling earlobe hanging off of a cartilage framework, the ear is often not appreciated for its complex shape…until it is Read More…

Secondary Correction of Otoplasty Deformities

Otoplasty is a cosmetic ear reshaping procedure that has been around for over a hundred years. While there have been numerous modifications to its surgical technique, it fundamentally involves cartilage manipulation to bring the protruding ear back to a more normal angle or relationship to the side of the head. Outside of the earlobe, Read More…

Otoplasty for Protruding Ears – A High Patient Satisfaction Procedure

Protruding ears are the most common aesthetic deformity of the external ear. Otoplasty is the operation for correction and is largely done in children and teenagers. While some may consider ears that stick out as a minor problem, children that have them do not as they are often exposed to teasing by others. This emotional Read More…

Otoplasty (Ear Reshaping) in Teenagers

The ear is a peculiar facial feature. While not existing on the face per se, it has a convoluted shape of hills and valleys that surround the ear canal. Like the nose, it is incredibly unique in its size and shape and each person has their own particular ‘ear print’. Despite its complexity, it Read More…

Case Study: Otoplasty Surgery for Protruding Ears

Background: Protruding ears are a frequent source of embarrassment and ridicule. Whether it is a young school-age child or an adult, ears that stick out too far can make one very self-conscious. There is an established angle number between the side of the head and the ear. (auriculo-cephalic angle, 20 to 30 degrees) However, Read More…

Common Questions about Otoplasty (Ear) Surgery

1. 1. Why do my ears stick out? The shape of our ears is a direct reflection of the cartilage that makes it up. Other than the ear lobe, our ears are composed of just cartilage and the skin that covers it. While one can ponder why normal ears look the way they do, the Read More…

The Anatomy of the Protruding Ear and its Otoplasty Correction

The ears make up a small and often unnoticed part of the face. Since they sit way to the side of the face and are often obscured by hair, they make little impact on one’s facial appearance. Unless they have a congenital alteration of its complex cartilage structure which causes them to become visibly prominent. Read More…

Correction of the Cauliflower Ear Deformity

Cauliflower deformation of the ear has been known for over a thousand years since the Greeks in paintings and sculptures imaged pugilists and wrestlers. Its cause, however, has only become more recently known as the result of auricular trauma and subsequent hematoma. Once a bleed and hematoma occur under the perichondrium (from shearing trauma to Read More…

Microtia Ear Reconstruction – A Plastic Surgery Marvel

Microtia is a well known congenital ear deformity that has a broad spectrum of presentations. From a small residual bump to a crumpled shortened ear, no two cases of microtia are exactly alike. But they all similar in that they are an incompletely formed ear that is much smaller than a normal one. The Read More…

Otoplasty – Identifying and Reshaping Malformed Ear Cartilages

Otoplasty, often referred to as ear pinning, remains as one of the most satisfying of all plastic surgery procedures above the shoulders. In a very short operative time, the ears can be dramatically reshaped to assume a less noticeable and more aesthetically pleasing appearance. Through an incision on the back of the ear, the Read More…