Ear Surgery 13 Days Post? (photo)

13 days after surgery really worrying about that my op hasent gone right the side of my ear you cant see can you help me

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uneven 2 weeks post-op

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5 Doctor Answers | Asked by Matthew London in London, United Kingdom

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Postop otoplasty

1. It would be good if you requested advice in clear, declarative sentences. 2. Be precise in your question(s). Your ears do look different at 13 days postop. Maybe you could submit a request again. Did you have surgery on one or both ears? Perhaps include a pre-surgery picture. Talmage Raine MD FACS

Talmage J. Raine, MD

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Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Single side otoplasty: a difficult proposition

It appears that you had a unilateral otoplasty to match the left ear with the right ear. One type of ear pinning technique uses sutures to bend the cartilage of the ear. Final results are not seen for many months, if not at least a year, as there tends to be some degree in which the ear unfurls. Often as surgeons, we have to over compensate at the time of surgery, with the knowledge that there can be up to 30% relaxation at one year. If you had both ears done at the same time, they... more

It's difficult to judge your results 13 days after Otoplasty surgery.

Full face frontal photos would be helpful, along with pre-op photos. I nearly always operate on both ears, but there are cases where unilateral surgery is warranted. Feel free to re ask your question with better photos, and a description of what's bothering you, and we may be able to provide better advice. Dr. Joseph

Eric M. Joseph, MD

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West Orange Facial Plastic Surgeon

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Ear Pinning Surgery Problems

Let yourself heal first. I cannot see both ears at the same time from the front, which would help for symmetry purposes. However, they appear to be symmetric from the posterior view. Depending upon how severe the prominent ear deformity was that you had, this may be a very reasonable result. There is such great variability in ears in people without prominent ear deformity... more

Otoplasty

It seems that the sutures to make the antihelical fold is too tight. It may soften with time. However if this is bothwering you I would take the sutures out and wait 6 months to redo the surgery

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Matthew London 23 Dec 2012

only 1 ear sticked out so had my left one pinned back my right ear sticks out a bit and can see the side of my ear the other one seems to be pinned to far back in middle and can't see side of ear as you can see as you can see from the picture of back of my head

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