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The postoperative care for any surgical intervention is important. Avoiding unnecessary pulling on your ears following otoplasty makes sense. I counsel my patients to alert their hairdressers to be mindful not to pull the ears forward while undergoing the first few haircuts following otoplasty.
Your surgical repair after an otoplasty should be relatively firm at 8 weeks post op however I would avoid all possible trauma for at least 3 months. You do not want to undo your plastic surgeons work.
Since each otoplasty can be different, it would be best to ask the surgeon who did your surgery. In general your healing should be far enough along after 2 months that some trauma or ear pulling should be OK.
I am sorry to hear about the problems the prominent ears have caused. Otoplasty surgery is a great operation which serves to set back the ears. In most cases, one of two (sometimes both) maneuvers serves to set back the prominent ears: 1. Set back of a prominent "concha" cartilage utilizin...
After 2 years I would expect that most of the issues would be resolving. Its probably a lack of blood flow to the area. Options include allowing it to granulate and then place a graft over it. You could also rotate some healthy tissue over it to help with the blood flow.
This should be fine. In face you should see how your ears are doing to make sure there is no increase in blood accumulation or the ears are being wrapped too tight.
After 10 years the effect should be the same as an un operated ear. You should be fine. Just make sure that no signs of infections are occuring.
7 weeks is a little early to judge. Sometimes swelling will make the ears stick out more during the early period and you should wait to see if this is the case. I would have someone look at your ears to see if this is due to the swelling. Based on your pictures though I don't think they stick...
The price of a otoplasty is going to depend upon general or local anesthesia. Most of the time otoplasty is performed under local anesthesia and not general, but there is a price differential. Please see our price list located on our website link below. Anticipate swelling and bruising for ...
