Toronto Ear Surgery doctors
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Robert Mounsey, MD
Toronto Facial Plastic Surgeon
3030 Lawrence Ave E 207, Toronto |
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Philip Solomon, MD
Toronto Facial Plastic Surgeon
57 Centre Street , Thornhill |
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Andres Gantous, MD
Toronto Facial Plastic Surgeon
150 Bloor St. M110, Toronto |
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Mahmood Kara, MD
Toronto Plastic Surgeon
2863 Ellesmere Rd Ste. 414, Toronto |
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Martin Jugenburg, MD
Toronto Plastic Surgeon
100 Front St West Royal York Hotel Level B , Toronto |
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Recent Answers
I recently had a consultation with a plastic surgeon about having otoplasty. I was born with "flat tipped" ears, so my helix never truly formed into the full circular outline that normal people have. My ears protrude slightly, but they also have the flat tops making my ears larger and i have no fold in the top part of my ear. The surgeon said that she can create the fold to attain the more natural look and pining, could she fix the helix too? Or does that require grafting, etc? I forgot to ask!
Hello Katlynn,
It is difficult and usually not worth it to try to recreate the helical fold that you are speaking of. I think that you would attain a more balanced look to your ears by recreating the top part of your antihelical fold. This would reduce the protusion of the ears and would make the top part of your ears look smaller. I use an incisionless technique for this, but any standard suture technique would do the job nicely. Good luck!
I will be doing an otoplasty surgery next month. I asked the doctor if I need to return back after 7 days to remove the sutures and he said no. He said, he'll be using non absorbable sutures on the inside and absorbable sutures on the outside, therefore I do not need to stitch off. However, I learnt that non absorbable sutures HAVE to be removed so it doesnt really make sense for him to use it on the inside right? I am really worried now and wonder if I should do this surgery with him.
Otoplasty often is performed with suture techniques. A common suture use for the reshaping of the ear cartilage is called mersilene which is a non absorbable braided suture. This suture is not removed unless it extrudes an uncommnon but recognized complication of otoplasty. The skin sutures may be absorbable which dissolve. Surgeons may use absorbable sutures on the skin to avoid the need to remove them.
I am concerned about how will the stitches and scars on my ear and head look after this procedures. I would deeply appreciate some help by sending me some pictures. I am a dance student and usually my hair is pulled behind my ears on a ballet bun. I worry that my teacher and co students will be able to notice the scars left from these two types of grafting. Please let me know and provie me with some pics as this is truly important for me Could these be treated with Fraxel and how long after?
I assume you are referring to ear cartilage grafting for rhinoplasty. Ear catilage is commonly used in certain rhinoplasty or revision rhinoplasty procedures. The scars are generally hard to see after full healing. The ear shape generally is unaltered by the procedure. The graft can be taken from an incision behind the ear or from the front within the conchal bowl. I generally harvest from an anterior approach and find the scars to be minimal. Temporalis Fascia grafting is taken from a small incision in the scalp. Generally scars from this procedure are hard to detect.
