One ear higher than the other. Can this be corrected? (Photo)

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I just realized my right ear is placed higher than my left ear. Is it normal? Should it be corrected? Can it be corrected?

Phillip Chang, MD · Answer

Hi Courageous181147

Otoplasty surgery (cosmetic ear surgery) is a surgical procedure that will change the size, shape, and position of one or both ears. It does not affect hearing and can not change the location of the ears. For more information about this procedure, please visit our website.

Alan Gonzalez, MD, FACS · Answer

Thank you very much for your question, it is normal to have asymmetries in the middle of our body, so do not worry, they are details that we all have, so you can find an eye bigger or higher than the other, an eyebrow among others, the correction can be viable, but I do not recommend it. It is more the trauma that you can give to your body than the difference in the result, since what is observed is very minimal

Caner Kacmaz, MD · Answer

Ultrasonic Rhinoplasty device Piezo®: 
In traditional Rhinoplasty, surgical instruments known as rasps and osteotomies (hammer and chisel) are used to reshape the nasal bones by removing the hump and/or narrowing the nasal bone width. These tools are relatively imprecise and their use can lead to contour irregularities, etc. if not used in the proper manner. Recently, a technology that uses sound waves has been developed to contour nasal bones in a precise and far less traumatic way when compared to traditional techniques. Ultrasonic, or Piezo, Rhinoplasty is now the most advanced technology available for minimally traumatic nasal bone reshaping and hump removal during Rhinoplasty. There will be hardly any bruising and swelling which will make the recovery period a lot easier for the patient.

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