What can I do about my chronic pain after otoplasty?

This is a very difficult problem to remedy. A surgeon might consider removing the permanent sutures to alleviate the pain. The two risks of doing this are that you might have no improvement in your pain (or possibly worsening) and your ears might re-protrude after suture removal. I hope this information is helpful for you.Stephen Weber MD, FACSDenver Facial Plastic Surgeon

There shouldn’t be pain anymore such a long time after an otoplasty operation. It would be good to know whether permanent stitches were used. Find out whether this is the case and have your ears examined to see whether threads are perhaps lying exposed. If this is the case, these must be removed. Even if no exposed threads can be seen, I’d recommend that you have all the permanent stitches removed and, when the pain has then disappeared, to have them replaced by another permanent suture material later on.