Memphis Ear Surgery doctors
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Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon
6401 Poplar Avenue Suite 360, Memphis |
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J. Jason Wendel, MD
Nashville Plastic Surgeon
1215 21st Ave South Suite 6050 , Nashville |
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Robert Adams, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon
80 Humphreys Center Suite 106, Memphis |
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Patricia L. Eby, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon
6401 Poplar Ave Suite 360, Memphis |
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John Hodges, MD
Memphis Facial Plastic Surgeon
1325 Eastmoreland Ave Suite 450, Memphis |
Recent Answers
I had cartilage excised from both of my ears and had the ears attached with permanent sutures to the head. My surgeon said that I should wear the headband for a month and I've been wearing it 24/7 for 3 weeks, with the exception of a handful of days. Do you think I could switch to night time wear only at this point without affecting the healing or the results?
After shaping the ear cartilage with stitches the shape will ultimately be held by the scar tissue splint which forms after surgery. The reason for wearing the headband s to keep the ear in place as the scar tissue increasingly holds and secures it in place. All of us have more or less similar protocols on headband splinting of the ears but the only one whse opinion matters is your surgeon. I do not think it is proper for surgeons other than your surgeon to manage your postoperative care as long as he is your surgeon. Please do as he asks and you will be glad you did.
Hi, I had otoplasty in December 2010 and had a revision in July 2011, and I used to take glucosamine before that but stopped (just for a few weeks) . I'm wondering if it is ok to go back to take it. I have weak ankles and I used to take it whenever I sprain my ankle or have any kind of related injury. The pill is glucosamine HCI 1500mg with MSM 1500mg. Thank you
To my knowledge there is no reason you could not resume your glucosamine at this point. Glucosamine should not interfere with your Otoplasty.
There is also an extra fold in my right ear - I was not warned of this before my surgery - will this improve with time or is this permanent.
Otoplasty, or cosmetic reshaping of the ear(s), is done by combining several surgical techniques depending on the patient's presenting ear shape. Common to many prominent ER deformities is an ear (pinna) which is rotated and overly projecting forward, a very high and deep concha (the cup just adjacent to the ear canal), an indistinct antihelix and an often missing superior crus ( the upper limb of the Y shaped antihelix). Aside from rotating the ER back to the he'd, the concha has to be made more shallow. This can be done by either removing a cartilage sliver of the Conchal rim from the back or by doing so. Another ways is to remove the sliver with a smaller amount of skin through the front. The edges of the smaller Conchal rim are stitched together as are the skin edges.
In your case it appears the sliver was removed through a posterior incision and the cartilage removal resulted in an apparent skin excess.
Lou should see your surgeon to make sure there is no fluid under the skin which may suggest an infection.
