Ear Surgery

Otoplasty Perth, Western Australia

Patients who are self conscious about their protruding ears and wish to have them pinned back.
Patients whose ears do not have natural creases or folds.
Patients who dislike the appearance of their ears in photographs.

Local or general anaesthesia can be used and the ear surgery takes about one to one and a half hours.
The incision is usually located behind the ear.
The cartilage is then reshaped and sutured in place to create the natural fold and decrease the prominence.
Occasionally, a piece of cartilage is removed to reduce the size of the ear.
The wounds are sutured with dissolving sutures.

You can go home the next day or sometimes on the same day.
The head is wrapped in gauze dressing to help the moulding of the ears.
After a few days the bulky gauze dressing is removed and a headband can be worn at night.
Most patients experience minimal pain that is mostly gone by the second or third day and easily controlled by medications.
Swelling is mild to moderate for the first week and disappears thereafter.
The ears may ache for a few days after ear surgery.
Patients may resume many activities with the second week and most by the third week.
No sutures are removed, as they are all dissolvable.
Off work for about one week.

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