Otoplasty: ear correction for prominent ears

HARROW, U.K. - Dec. 27, 2014 - PRLog -- Prominent ears are a common and natural aesthetic formation. Other name of ear correction or otoloplasty is pinnaplasty can be performed in one or two stages of life.  When a child is in preschool level, age between 5 to 6 years with prominent ears by birth, are ideal to have ear correction surgery. Adult otoplasty is also quite common, and often it is that a person hasn’t had the surgery as a child, and wishes for ear correction now.

This is one cosmetic surgery that is ideal and beneficial for children. Since the surgery works with a patient’s cartilage by remodeling it, and cutting or trimming it, the ear cartilage of children of age 4-10 is flexible and recovers faster.

Other than prominent ears; ideal conditions met by plastic surgeons include bat ears; cupped ears; cauliflower ears; or there is any external force, like an accident or blow to have the external ears broken or disfigured.

Ear correction surgery usually takes one or two hours depending on the anesthesia that is used. It can be done under local anaesthesia alone, with sedation or without sedation but in case of young patients, general anaesthesia is used because children tend to be apprehensive with the operation theater. For children who are able to cooperate with the surgeons, the operation carried under local anesthesia. Usually one or both parents of the child are allowed is the operation theatre until the child gets asleep by the anesthesia. In case of otoplasty for adult sedation is widely used. For more details please visit Harley Body Clinic or login at http://www.harleybodyclinic.co.uk .

There are several anatomical problems other than a prominent ear that is eligible for ear correction. There may be lack of development or partial development of antihelix or a deep concha of the external ear. Most of the patients need both of these problems fixed, that may need to adjust the ear cartilage.

There will be no pain on the first night of operation though a patient needs to wear bandage till 6- 7 days. Surgeons often recommend wearing ski band for one and two months while sleeping.

Discoloration is gone by ten days after surgery. A patient can sleep without head band after just for a month. After 7 days of operation he/ she can go even for swimming. Hair can be washed after the dressing is removed. For adult it is possible to return to work after one week. Occasionally the correction may not stay then reoccurrence is possible.

Specific complication of otoplasty may include scarring, infection, bruising, bleeding. Sometimes regular pain killer dies not help; surgeon prescribes proper medicine for these complications.

Ear correction cost in London starts from£2900and goes more. This is dependent on the extensiveness and of procedure as well as desired results of a person. Consultation charges for otoplastic surgeon starts from £100.