Patient Info
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 23 years old
- Surgeon:
- Dr. Inessa Fishman
Description
This 23-year-old man came to our practice interested in improving the appearance of his ears. He was bothered by their prominence, and wanted to bring his ears closer to the head.
Our Facial Plastic surgeon Dr. Inessa Fishman treated him with otoplasty, or ear-shaping surgery, to contour the ears closer to the head. This patient’s surgery was performed in the comfort of our clinic, with the patient awake and relaxed with by-mouth relaxing medications and laughing gas. Our patient is shown 10 months after surgery, with a great result and excellent healing progress. His ears look natural and more closely positioned to the head.
In this otoplasty (ear-pinning) procedure, Dr. Inessa Fishman reshaped the ear by gently reducing the size of the conchal bowl—the curved seashell-shaped cartilage just behind the ear canal—and placing fine sutures to define the natural antihelical fold (the Y-shaped ridge in the upper ear). These techniques work together to create a balanced, natural-looking improvement.
While children treated with otoplasty do best with general anesthesia (or being asleep in the operating room), most adults can have otoplasty surgery with the help of relaxing by-mouth medications, laughing gas, and injected numbing medications. This patient had his otoplasty surgery while awake and relaxed in the comfort of our luxurious clinic, and described a very comfortable experience.