Patient Info
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 6 weeks old
- Surgeon:
- Dr. Inessa Fishman
Description
This 6-week-old boy was brought in by his mother for concerns of ear deformity. His right ear had a conchal crus (an extra fold of cartilage just behind the ear canal), and his mom reported previous Earwell therapy at a different practice. She wanted further evaluation and possible additional treatment to see if conchal crus could be further improved. Our Facial Plastic Surgeon Dr. Inessa Fishman treated the baby with a 6-week-long course of non-surgical newborn ear therapy using the Earwell correction system and custom molds. The patient is shown with an excellent correction and a great outcome after completing treatment. This non-invasive treatment allows for progressive and painless reshaping or molding of the ear, reforming the ear cartilage permanently.
Earwell newborn ear correction is a highly effective treatment which allows Dr. Fishman to treat many types of newborn ear deformities. It works to correct congenital ear deformities in more than 90% of cases, and allows patients to avoid otoplasty surgery. The non-surgical newborn correction treatment is most effective if started within the first few weeks of life, as the baby’s ear cartilage is most pliable during this time. As the baby grows to 6-8 weeks old, the maternal estrogens which make ear cartilage soft and moldable gradually decrease, and the chance of successful ear correction drops off.