I am sorry to hear about your concerns after otoplasty surgery. It is hard to tell, based on the photographs, whether you are dealing with symptomatic abnormal scarring. Best to followup with your plastic surgeon for in person evaluation. Sometimes, when a patient has a hypertrophic or keloid ...
Ask your surgeon to perform an otoscopic exam. You may have fluid/blood in the ear canal which can be irrigated or you may have an effusion or fluid in the middle ear.
Thanks for your question. The sutures used in otoplasty surgery are all placed beneath the skin and don't communicate with the external environment. Because of this you should be able to go swimming once everything has healed. I generally tell my patients that they can return to...