How Long to Wear Headband After an Otoplasty That Involved Cartilage Excision?

How long and often a headband should be worn after a patient has undergone an Otoplasty is a very specific question that should be answered by your surgeon.  In my practice, the patient has a soft cotton and elastic dressing that is worn the first night after surgery.  It is removed the next day and this when I instruct the patient to wear an athletic headband or a wide hairband used to keep the hair off the face when washing all the time for the first week. They are allowed to take it off only for bathing.  After the first week, they are only required to wear it at night for a month.  The softer and wider the head band the better, and it is to cover the ears, not be placed behind them.
Hope you found this answer helpful.  All the best!

The vast majority of otoplasty
patients recover quickly and experience minimal disruption to their day to day
lives.  Patients typically wear a
large head dressing for the first 2 to 5 days after surgery.  Patients are then switched to a
compressive head band which is worn around the clock for three weeks.  At this point, they are required to
wear the head band for an additional three weeks at night.  This helps avoid trauma to the ear from
abnormal folding which can occur while the ear is still numb.  This approach is associated with high
success rates and a low incidence of recurrence.