Is Minor Bleeding and Headache Normal After Ears Pinned Back?

The cost for an otoplasty procedure can vary from about $2,600 to $3,500.  The procedure can be done with sedation but the reality is that anything more than local anesthesia usually isn't needed except in children.  Whether it be the first procedure or a revision this can be done...

Generally I recommend using antibiotic ointment for a couple of weeks as this helps the healing process. I think vaseline would be ok but you should check with your PS. 

Thank you for the question.  The best way to find out what type of sutures were used is to ask your surgeon. Regardless, it is much too early in your recovery to judge the final outcome of your surgery.  I would suggest continued follow-up with your surgeon to communicate questions and...

A procedure known as Otoplasty can be performed to make the ears less prominent in their relationship to the skull.  However, there is no procedure which can reliably elevate the ears.  As others have mentioned, the rate limiting step is the positioning of the external auditory canal,...

Excess skin from behind the ears could be removed by making an elliptical incision.  Then the edges would be pulled back together.  Because the incision line would lie behind the ears, it would be well hidden.  All the sutures could be dissolvable. This procedure could be...

I suspect from your description that you have unfolding of the cartilage of the ear and prominent ears. This is corrected best by refolding the cartilage in the proper place. I prefer the use of permanent sutures to hold the new shape. If the height of the concha or bowl of the ear is too...