Surgery Notes

What kind of jokes have not heard those born with ears a little bigger than normal, and that is what many can be a funny feature, for those who suffer usually an aesthetic problem that could create complex , hence otoplasty or ear surgery is so common today.

Otoplasty is a surgery that can be made from 8 years old, but as you can imagine, most people who undergo this type of intervention to wait until adulthood to make the decision.

Not all prominent ears have the same morphology, one must distinguish between those in which the cartilage is so separate from the sides of the head that makes them look raised and which are notorious for their size.

In the case of the first surgery that is performed ears closer look at the head through an incision in the back of them that accommodates the cartilage, in the second case changes the size of the cartilage by the same type of intervention.

The surgery, which lasts about two hours, requires local anesthesia and outpatient recovery is very simple, requires no great physical effort to perform and take three days for an elastic bandage around the head. Being so small the wound caused by the incision does not cause more discomfort and the results are immediate.

Although otoplasty surgery is only aesthetic purposes that is not close to the lobe reconstruction surgery is an excellent alternative for those who feel uncomfortable with the shape or the size of their ears and want to improve their physical appearance.