How Do the Stitches on Your Ear Look After Auricular Cartilage Grafting . Does Fascia Grafting Leave a Scar on Your Head?

I assume you are referring to ear cartilage grafting for rhinoplasty.  Ear catilage is commonly used in certain rhinoplasty or revision rhinoplasty procedures. The scars are generally hard to see after full healing.  The ear shape generally is unaltered by the procedure.   The graft can be taken from an incision behind the ear or from the front within the conchal bowl.  I generally harvest from an anterior approach and find the scars to be minimal. Temporalis Fascia grafting is taken from a small incision in the scalp. Generally scars from this procedure are hard to detect.

The scars for the ear cartilage usually, and most of the time, can be done behind the ear. The fascia graft can be taken from the same area but sometimes it is done above the ear within the hair. So both can be hidden and not visible to people!

I would say that you have very little to worry about, especially the fascia grafting site.  However, I see you're from Greece, correct?  You do have some very small chance of scarring with the otoplasty incision since you are of Mediterranean decent, but this is minimal.  My entire practice is non-Caucasian and I've never had a problem but I do tell my patient's there is a chance.  The video below shows how the cartilage is harvested and what it looks like after.  You'll do great.

Chase Lay, MD