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Pixie Ear Repair
How can a pixie ear be corrected? Can it be made to look like the other normal ear, or does the other ear need to be fixed as well to match the corrected pixie ear?
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Bits
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Pixie Ear Repair
Pixie ear repair can range from a simple office procedure to a need for a redo facelift. Most pixie ears are a result of excessive tension placed on the earlobes, causing them to stretch inferiorly after a facelfit settles. An experienced surgeon can advise the best course of action to fix a Pixie ear in the least invasive and most effective manner.
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Pixie Ear - Correction depends on the scar you will accept
If the pixie ear occurred as a result of a face lift, it is generally because of a technical error during the inset of the ear, or less likely due to skin properties with healing. To fix it without showing any scars requires waiting till the cheek skin relaxes a bit (years), and then performing a secondary face lift. The alternative is to release the earlobe from the cheek skin, close the incision where it came from, and then reattach the earlobe in a higher position. This will correct...
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Correcting pixie ear deformity
Yes, pixie ears can be corrected in the office under local anesthesia. The skin around the earlobe is rotated in such a way as to help create a more normal appearing earlobe. Pixie ears can result after a facelift, necklift, or trauma to the earlobes. The procedures to correct it are usually very successful. Good luck!
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Pixie ears can be corrected
Pixie ear is defined as an elongated earlobe attached directly to the facial cheek skin and can be repaired by removing a small lower portion of the earlobe to give more of a cupped earlobe appearance. The angle of axis of the ear oriented to the side of the face also has to be addressed, which sometimes gets changed after a facelift. Both earlobes need to be repaired so that they match and are consistent and look very natural and unoperated upon.
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Pixie Ear can be fixed
Bits,
Pixie ear is usually caused by too much tension on the skin immediately under the earlobe. This tension, transfered to the earlobe, pulls on the skin and forms the typical pixie ear. Don't worry, this can be repaired in a small office procedure under local anesthesia. Talk to your surgeon about the repair. If the other earlobe is fine, then there is no reason to make any changes to it.
I hope this is helpful.
David Shafer, MD
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Pixie ear is fixable
Pixie ear is the plastic surgeons term for an earlobe that has pulled down onto the cheek. The acute angle that makes up the attachment from the earlobe to the cheek is lost.
When this occurs, the easiest way to correct it is with a small small to close the pull and reshape the earlobe. Whether or not it is identical to the untouched side is up for discussion, but it will be much closer than before.
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A pixie ear deformity can be corrected under local anesthesia.
The ear has to be placed in its natural position. sometimes there is thethered scar that be released to improve the ear-cheek junction. It is best to wait at least 1 year after the facelift procedure to correct the problem.
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Pixie ear corrections are done under local and are so worth it!
To fix a pixie ear deformity, you have to undergo another mini facelift and it can be done under local anesthesia for about $6000 and is so worth it since it makes you look more natural and less likely that people will comment about your original poor facelift. Sincerely,
David Hansen,MD
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Correction of Pixie Ear Deformity
A pixie ear deformity, or pixie ear is the condition where the earlobe is attached to the cheek, and stretched and elongate in shape often as the result of a facelift. In these cases the tightened cheek skin pulled and sutured to the earlobe under tension during a facelift procedure.
Correction is accomplished by an office procedure under local anesthesia where the the attached earlobe is released from the cheek to hang freely. then the cheek skin is secured to the very...
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Pixie earlobe deformity can be an easy fix
Pixie ears can be a congenital condition or can result from improper positioning of the earlobe at the time of a facelift. In either case, correction can be as easy as a minor office procedure with buried sutures and minimal if any scarring. I would recommend leaving the 'normal' ear alone and only having something done to correct the pixie ear.
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