Will People Notice Otoplasty? (photo)

People may or may not notice the change depending on how ell they know you.  That however should not be important since you are doing this surgery for yourself. 

In many cases, the results of otoplasty
may be subtle and not very noticeable. 
In other cases, where major changes in the ear are necessary, changes
may not be easily hidden. Under these circumstances, efforts to disguise
changes may be necessary.

This is most easily accomplished with hair growth, and in some cases eye wear.  When your appearance changes people
will commonly point to the most noticeable finding.  It’s not unusual to hear people say, those glasses really
make you look different.

Scars are well hidden behind the
ear following this procedure and tend to heal nicely.  It would be unusual for scars in this location to draw
attention to your otoplasty.

In your case, the minimal changes
that you’re hoping for probably won’t be noticed by the average person.  Even subtle changes will be noticed by
the people who are the closest to you. 
In other words, it’s pretty hard to fool your mom or wife.

An ear pinning surgery (otoplasty) will generally conceal the incision behind the ear. These scars may remain red or raised for 3 months and therefore wearing your hair to conceal the backside of the ear will make the incision nearly invisible. Typically after 3 months the ear incisions are softe supple and look like an ear crease.

A well performed otoplasty places the incisions behind the ear where they fall in the skin crease. Gentle re-shaping of the cartilage with sutures brings the ears closer to your head. A properly done otoplasty should be un-detectable and you won't need to change your hairstyle to hide it. Good luck!

From your photos, you seem to be an excellent candidate for Otoplasty Surgery. Your ears can be set back closer to your head with a combination of Mustarde and "conchal-set-back" sutures.
You should check that your surgeon has expertise with this procedure, and you should view many photos.
Complications of Otoplasty Surgery include keloid scarring or suture extrusion.
Dos vidanya.

Otoplasty incisions are placed strategically so that they are not visible. Old style procedures involved folding the ears so that a crease in the cartilage was sometimes visible and a dead give away to the surgery. As plastic surgery has developed, newer techniques avoid this hallmark of surgery and give a much more natural result.

Anytime you have plastic surgery, the goal is to have a positive effect without having the look of having had plastic surgery. With otoplasty, the goal would be to place the ears in a natural position. For people that know you will projecting ears, they most likely will notice that your ears to not project anymore after surgery. However, like you suggest, you can change something else about yourself to distraction attention away from the otoplasty - change the color of your hair or hairstyle, wear glasses if you normally do not wear glasses, etc. Good luck with your surgery.

Don't apologize for your English, its better than my Russian!
It sounds like you are doing this surgery for yourself rather than to please somebody else.  That's a good reason!
Symmetry is hard, and patients who seek surgery for fine refinements in symmetry may have expectations that are hard to attain.  Everybody naturally has some asymmetry.
If you have only a few millimeters of change, most people will NOT be able to notice.  Most people can't notice changes that small.  But what if they did, would that bother you?  It might, but it's not their business anyway.
The other obstacle is that you may not notice the difference.  The change may be visible on before and after pictures, but it may be very subtle.
Best of luck on your journey!

In a well performed otoplasty, the incisions are placed on the back side of the ears.  Accordingly, they should not be noticed unless somebody specifically looks for them behind the ears.  As with all cosmetic surgery, the ideal results are a nice natural appearance without telltale signs of surgery.  Accordingly, if the otoplasty is performed well by a well-trained, experienced, competent, aesthetically oriented surgeon, you will most likely have improved contours of your ears that are not conspicious to others.

 

Most people will not notice that you have had your ears pinned back as long as they have been done correctly and look natural.  They will be initially tucked back and overcorrected slightly for the first few weeks and then they will tend to drift outward to their new position.  In our experience, most patients who undergo an otoplasty report very few people ever have detected that they have had their ears done.