Category: otoplasty

Common Questions about Otoplasty (Ear) Surgery

1. 1. Why do my ears stick out? The shape of our ears is a direct reflection of the cartilage that makes it up. Other than the ear lobe, our ears are composed of just cartilage and the skin that covers it. While one can ponder why normal ears look the way they do, the Read More…

The Anatomy of the Protruding Ear and its Otoplasty Correction

The ears make up a small and often unnoticed part of the face. Since they sit way to the side of the face and are often obscured by hair, they make little impact on one’s facial appearance. Unless they have a congenital alteration of its complex cartilage structure which causes them to become visibly prominent. Read More…

Correction of the Cauliflower Ear Deformity

Cauliflower deformation of the ear has been known for over a thousand years since the Greeks in paintings and sculptures imaged pugilists and wrestlers. Its cause, however, has only become more recently known as the result of auricular trauma and subsequent hematoma. Once a bleed and hematoma occur under the perichondrium (from shearing trauma to Read More…

Microtia Ear Reconstruction – A Plastic Surgery Marvel

Microtia is a well known congenital ear deformity that has a broad spectrum of presentations. From a small residual bump to a crumpled shortened ear, no two cases of microtia are exactly alike. But they all similar in that they are an incompletely formed ear that is much smaller than a normal one. The Read More…

Otoplasty – Identifying and Reshaping Malformed Ear Cartilages

Otoplasty, often referred to as ear pinning, remains as one of the most satisfying of all plastic surgery procedures above the shoulders. In a very short operative time, the ears can be dramatically reshaped to assume a less noticeable and more aesthetically pleasing appearance. Through an incision on the back of the ear, the Read More…

The Natural-Looking Otoplasty

The correction of protruding ears has been done by a variety of procedures over the years, from cutting out skin on the bck of the ear, removing cartilage, and cartilage suturing techniques. Over the years, it has been learned that the removal of skin and cartilage is unnecessary as the problem is not tissue Read More…

The Top Ten Instructions After Otoplasty Surgery

The correction of protruding ears, also known as otoplasty or ear pinning surgery, is a simple plastic surgery procedure that has a dramatic visual effect and an equally significant improvement in one’s self-image. By repositioning the cartilage of the ear with sutures through an incision on the back of the ear, the angle of Read More…

Otoplasty (Ear Pinning) in Children

Having spent a long time in plastic surgery at Riley Hospital in Indianapolis, I have performed a lot of cosmetic otoplasty procedures for protrudung ears as well as ear reconstructions in children both with missing or partially missing ears. Parents frequently have a lot of questions about otoplasty in their child and many of these Read More…

The Benefits of Otoplasty (Ear Pinning) Surgery

Protruding ears, or ears that stick out, are a frequent source of embarrassment for patients. This is most common in children who can undergo a lot of ridicule during the early school years which can lead to psychological damage and negative self-image development. However, I have seen similar issues in much older patients as Read More…

The Architecture of Ear Plastic Surgery

The ear may be quite small, measuring only about 5 cms in height and 3 cms in width, but it has the most complex anatomy of any facial component. Its many ridges and convolutions comprised only of cartilage (and the overlying skin), surrounding the ear hole, give it a distinct shape that is uniquely Read More…