What Do I Do with Protruding Permenent Stitch After Otoplasty

If the suture is coming through the skin, it should be trimmed by your surgeon. Often just shortening the knot is sufficient.

If you can just feel the knot, you'd want to discuss your options with your surgeon. By a year from surgery the permanent sutures aren't typically as necessary to maintain your ear shape. Usually, the scar tissue that forms will maintain the ear position. Your surgeon will have a better idea of what role the suture you're noticing has in your otoplasty result and how to treat it.

A stitch that protrudes through the skin and can be easily identified at one year should probably be removed. However, if it is simply a prominent stitch that is palpable and not necessarily visible or exposed, I would probably leave alone.