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Hi everyone, just wanted to share my experience...
Hi everyone, just wanted to share my experience from the Earfold procedure as I thought there wasn't much information around when I was researching.
I have been very unhappy about my ears for as long as I can remember and my left ear was worse than the right one (the right one I could live with but I constantly had to wear my hair to hide the left one). I didn't want to go for traditional otoplasty as I could not wear bandages at all since I didn't want anyone to know I've had something done. No one except my parents has ever seen my ears so no one will notice when I finally wear my hair up.
I decided to have both ears done to make them as symmetrical as possible. It's day 8 post procedure and I am happy with the outcome. I had it done at the Royal London free hospital with Dr Greg O'Toole. The whole procedure took about 1h of which 45min were spent trying out the implants, however I wasn't 100% satisfied but thought lets go with it, nothing can be worse than before! Anaesthetic injections hurt less than expected and after that I couldn't feel anything although it was slightly scary to hear the cutting of the skin even if I couldn't feel it.
After 15min both ears were done and I was thrilled with the result, much better than during the consultation (see pic 3h post-op). I took pain killers after c 6h when anaesthetic wore off and slept on a travel pillow. The day after I went to work as usual. Only had to take painkillers for the second night. Bruising started heavily on the same day and was the worst on day 3 after which it started clearing up from day 4. It still hasn't cleared up on day 8 but getting there. Stitches are supposed to fall out on day 10-14 approx.
Hopefully in another week I finally get to wear my hair up in public for the very first time. Highly recommend this procedure!
I have been very unhappy about my ears for as long as I can remember and my left ear was worse than the right one (the right one I could live with but I constantly had to wear my hair to hide the left one). I didn't want to go for traditional otoplasty as I could not wear bandages at all since I didn't want anyone to know I've had something done. No one except my parents has ever seen my ears so no one will notice when I finally wear my hair up.
I decided to have both ears done to make them as symmetrical as possible. It's day 8 post procedure and I am happy with the outcome. I had it done at the Royal London free hospital with Dr Greg O'Toole. The whole procedure took about 1h of which 45min were spent trying out the implants, however I wasn't 100% satisfied but thought lets go with it, nothing can be worse than before! Anaesthetic injections hurt less than expected and after that I couldn't feel anything although it was slightly scary to hear the cutting of the skin even if I couldn't feel it.
After 15min both ears were done and I was thrilled with the result, much better than during the consultation (see pic 3h post-op). I took pain killers after c 6h when anaesthetic wore off and slept on a travel pillow. The day after I went to work as usual. Only had to take painkillers for the second night. Bruising started heavily on the same day and was the worst on day 3 after which it started clearing up from day 4. It still hasn't cleared up on day 8 but getting there. Stitches are supposed to fall out on day 10-14 approx.
Hopefully in another week I finally get to wear my hair up in public for the very first time. Highly recommend this procedure!