It's been 3 days after otoplasty and my ears are swollen, hurtful, blue and red. The headband I am supposed to wear only when I am at home is really tight and gives an uncomfortable pressure. Should I wear it more often anyway? I have the feeling it's not healing. It's not bleeding though. Can I cool the ears or do something with the blues? Did something go wrong as usually people don't have that kind of swollen, red blue ears after otoplasty?
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I would refrain from smoking after your surgery for at least 6 weeks. This could impair your wound healing and prolong any swelling or inflammation. I would also discuss this with your surgeon and make he/she aware. Best of luck!
First off, congratulations on your otoplasty, casper1613.
I don’t see anything drastically wrong with your otoplasty based on your photos. It might look like it’s a bit overcorrected, but it’s been only two days and that’s not the final result of your otoplasty. You have to wait for around t...
This is an unusually strong infection of the antihelix, especially of the skin of the antihelix. At the moment one cannot say whether there is a perichondritis as well. The therapy with an antibiotic and an antibiotic ointment is correct. If the infection doesn’t markedly subside and then d...