If you are dissatisfied with the appearance of your ears, please consider meeting with several reputable facial plastic surgeons so you could see what might be best for you moving forward. In general, otoplasty surgery is performed with permanent sutures. The newly formed ear shape ends up...
As I read your narrative, I was thinking that perhaps a permanent suture could be causing you discomfort. When suture otoplasty is performed, we typically place six sutures behind somebody's ear. If you have pinpoint pain over one of the sutures that has not extruded, depending on your...
Earlobe repair is a common procedure in our plastic surgery office. I employ a technique that involves removing the excess scar tissue and reapproximating the tissue planes in multiple layers to recontour the earlobe after gauges, torn earlobes, or stretched out earlobes. Sometimes, the same...
