This is a common question, and your suspicion is correct-- surgery is the only way to reliably and permanently flatten the ears. That said, surgery is less involved than many would think. Our practice commonly performs it in the office under local anesthesia, and post-op requirements...
It is possible to correct the 'reverse telephone ear deformity' in which the center portion of the ear is pushed in too much. The sutures in the back of the ear can be removed and new sutures done to achieve symmetry. Even if there is cartilage missing in the ear, some of the cartilage from the...
As you’ve had this feature since birth, it is most probably a Darwin’s tubercle which is particularly big in your case and only present in one ear. It can be easily removed by a small excision. I don’t know whether this procedure is paid by the medical insurance in your country. You will have ...
