*** Failed Otoplasty - Sugar Land, TX

To make a very long story as short as possible I had otoplasty done by Dr. Horndeski and have never been more disappointed in my life. I went in with the excitement and intention that my ears will finally look good enough to wear my hair up and not have to hide them anymore. I am 29 years old and have always been self conscious about how much my ears stuck out and absolutely HATED them. After having done the surgery I can honestly say that i would take my "old" ears back in a heartbeat after what he has done and having to deal with the uncaring, unprofessional way him and his assistant has treated me on top of that. A piece of cartilage (rook) that i used to have pierced has been cut off from both my ears and only a tiny piece left. A bigger piece was left on my right ear. There's excess skin in my conchal bowl that they are saying will go down but have recently discovered stitches that i can feel under the surface of the thin layer of skin in my conchal bowl. When I call about my concerns they seem frustrated and annoyed and repeat the same things instead of directly answeringdirectly answering my questions. First saying that my ears are normal so give it time to heal. And now admitting, after being confronted, that the "rook" WAS taken off in order to give me what i wanted. Otoplasty surgery is supposed to make the ear pinned back but still have a normal inside structure. It was not what i wanted or what i asked for and certainly was not warned. In all my research I've done I've never seen or heard this being done to anyone so i had no idea that it would be possible or that it would even happen to me. If they informed me of this I would not have done the surgery. Also they are now saying that these are not stitches in my conchal bowl but pieces of cartilage. So if i have random pieces of cartilage sticking out of my conchal bowl that means that this excess skin can not possible go down or "smooth out" like normal like they say. After having the conversation with Elisa about my concern and letting her know my issues i still haven't heard anything after that. Now I am worried because I can't get an honest answer. I hope that this information helps and encourages anyone to keep researching and find a better Dr and have the surgery that they are expecting. I still wear my hair down and keep my ears covered and am embarrassed to even show anyone. Even if the excess skin goes down after they completely heal i still have missing cartilage that makes my ears look deformed and have no idea how big of a problem it will be if in fact these are stitches.

It's been just over 5 weeks now and they are still sore of course and a numb at the tops of my ears. My temples just above my ears hurt for some reason and i can't turn my head all the way to the left. The skin back there I'm assuming was stitched too tightly so when i do it pulls and is very uncomfortable. The only part of my eaf that really hurts anymore (unless bumped or touched) is the excess skin on the inside. The part that isn't even spposed to be there. They throb sometimes at the end of the day, middle of the night and in the mornings :/ i don't sleep elevated anymore but i do have ro sleep on a donut pillow every night ao i can put my head on the top of the pillow and my ear through the hole part. I still wear the headwrap at night in case i accidently lay on or fold one. I still can't exercise (it was my favorite thing to do) or go outside too long because they start to swell up still. The problem with all this is that even though i know it's not, he tells me I'm fine and sends me out the door in less than a couple minutes q+with no other information than that. So i have no idea if I'm healing normal or not. The PA, Elisa, never even responded to my last concern about my stitches and skin.