Can I make my ears more symmetrical and one of them less pointy? (Photo)

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Hello, I’m 19 years old and had a otoplasty 7 weeks ago. My ears look pretty good but I have recognized that they are not symmetrical and especially at the top. The left one looks more pointy and the right maybe sticks out lite more. I think the worst thing is the pointy left ear which looks like a fairy and are much more noticeable when I take a photo on my self. Therefor I wonder if I can do another surgery in the future to make the ears more symmetrical and the left ear less pointy.

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD, FACS · Answer

Our office repairs earlobes after a traumatic tear of earrings, gauge piercings, or after a facelift in which the earlobes are stretched. Earlobe surgery is composed of several techniques that can either repair torn earlobes (split earlobes) or correct overly redundant earlobe tissue from piercings or genetics or stretching. Our HIDEF earlobe repair includes a recontouring of the earlobe contour using multi-layered sutures to reapproximate the curvature of the earlobe; while simultaneously restoring contour to the ear. In patients with pixie ears after facelift surgery, an alternate technique is used to reduce the dependance of the earlobe on the facelift flap. Facelift surgery can reshape the earlobe and this requires restoration. Sutures are usually taken out within 10 days and the wound is repierced in 4-6 weeks thereafter. Keloid scars must be addressed in patients with known history for scarring.

Keloids are another major reason to undergo earlobe repair if there is a keloid scar nodule that has developed in the earlobe or ear cartilage rim. We use a combination of lasers, injections, and keloid surgery.

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Leila Kasrai, MD, FRCSC · Answer

It is possible to undergo a revision to achieve a more desirable result, however you may want to wait about 3-4 months after your first surgery to see if this issue changes.

Salih Aydin, MD · Answer

Hello, it can be a little dangerous to change the main skeleton of the ear. The ears can be made a little more attached to the head. However, the human body is never symmetrical when viewed from the right and left. making changes, especially in the inner folds of the ear; For this reason, it may be possible to take the ear a little further back, but it is obviously very dangerous to try to surgically correct it with the folds of the ear.

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