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I Had Bilateral Otoplasty Done Just over Three Weeks Ago and I Have Swellings in Conchal Bowels Both Sides (photo)
asked 4 months ago by SApple in UK
Latest answer by Philip Young, MD
Question viewed 217 times
Tags: 1 month post-op, expectation, recovery, swelling
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.
3 answers to I Had Bilateral Otoplasty Done Just over Three Weeks Ago and I Have Swellings in Conchal Bowels Both Sides (photo)
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Otoplasty and swelling in both conchal bowls after surgery
3 weeks is still early and the swelling will likely come down in a few months. I would suggest waiting at this time and maybe even for a total of 6 months where you will get 90% of your healing approximately. If this still doesn't resolve it could entail excising some of that skin out to help it lay down,etc.
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Swelling after otoplasty
Swelling and some irregularities after surgery are not unusual in the first two to three weeks isn't unusual but these additional folds I see here are a little curious. I would definitely have your PS take a look at them this week. This could need a little change but remember, after surgery time is almost always your friend.
Best of luck
Chase Lay MD
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Swelling /Skin fold in the Ear Conchal Bowl after Ear Pinning Surgery
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...
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