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Hi there and thanks for your question. At 6 months post op, you should be healed enough to wear headphones. All of the sutures should be dissolved and your incision should be fulled healed. I suggest following up with your plastic surgeon for his/her post op protocol. Best of luck!
This depends on the extent of your surgery and how your recovery went. Typically, it would be fine to start wearing headphones 6 months after surgery, however you should ask your surgeon for their opinion.
Hi Golito7,It is definitely safe to use headphones, the buds or the ones that covers your ears, at 6months post otoplasty.
Hi, I have performed many Otoplasties over the past 30 years but without photos of your ears from the front, side and back I have no idea what would need to be done to one or both ears. When searching for a plastic surgeon whether its for an Otoplasty, Facelift or anything else either here i...
It is early to judge whether the ears are overcorrected so continue follow up and give it several months. Patients vary as to how they want their ears to look after otoplasty. Thus far the fotos look good.
Hi. Hard to say what your final outcome will be at this early stage. Your ear appearance will change during the coming months, so it won't be until then that you can really evaluate your outcome. If,by chance., you do require revision surgery, this should not be too difficult to correct. Keep in...
Hi Lisa1963,I have not heard of anybody using/producing metal based sutures. Sutures are mostly made of materials strong enough to hold tissues together but still flexible enough for knotting.
I'm sorry to hear about your troubles with your ears. The cost of otoplasty varies from patient to patient and surgeon to surgeon. Having said that, it is probably in the $3000-$6000 range for most cases.
The incision and cartilage sutures placed during an otoplasty do not typically cross or involve actual ear piercing sites. The earrings can be replaced once your otoplasty head dressings are removed, which is usually one week or less. Use care when inserting the earrings and avoid...