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What Techniques Are Available for Ear Reductions?
What cosmetic surgery technique for ear reduction would leave the least amount of visible or obvious scarring?
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Otoplasty Ear Surgery - Can Ears Be Raised Vertically?
I'm wondering if ears can be raised vertically? Lets say the top of the ear reaches the lower eyelid level. Can both ears be raised so that the top of...
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What Kind of Scarring is This and What Are my Options? (Photo)
I've had otoplasty done a few years ago and overall I'm happy with the results. Except now I'm not self concious about people looking at me head on...
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Are These Otoplasty Scars Normal After 1 Month? (photo)
Hi there, My son had otoplasty a little over a month ago. I have noticed these little bumps at the bottom of his ear. It appeared to be tension from...
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Otoplasty 9 Days Post Op - is This Hypertrophic/keloid Scaring? (photo)
Hello, I had bilateral otoplasty 9 days ago and as far as I know it was a suture only operation. While I'm in no pain, both ears did bleed a little...
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Do You Know if Otoplasty Can Be Performed with Only 1 Cm Scar Behind the Ears? (photo)
I'm a 35-year-old italian man and will be doing a bilateral otoplasty next Autumn 2012. As you can see from the enclosed pics my ears are not much...
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Is There Anything I Can do to Get Rid of the Internal Scarring After Otoplasty?
I had otoplasty on my right ear for a deformity called lop ear which made my ear asymmetrical because of the shape of the helix appearing flat from...
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With A Minot Otoplasty, Would it Result in Scars? (photo)
Hello, my ears stick out a lot. I want to get an otoplasty done for them. However, I would like the changes to be rather minor, so that my ears would...
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Otoplasty Scarring? (photo)
I had otoplasty performed 17 years ago and was left with cartilage scarring(nodules and sharp edges), is there anything that couldbe done remedy these...
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