Patient Info
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 29 years old
- Surgeon:
- Dr. Inessa Fishman
Description
This 29-year-old woman was self-conscious about the appearance of her too-prominent ears, and reported being teased about this for many years. Our Facial Plastic Surgeon Dr. Inessa Fishman treated her with otoplasty, or surgical ear-shaping, to contour the ears and bring them closer to the head. The otoplasty surgery involved trimming a small piece of cartilage at the concha (or seashell-shaped bowl of cartilage just behind the ear canal) to decrease the concha’s height and bring the ear closer to the head. Another part of the surgery focused on deepening the antihelical fold (or the Y-shaped fold of cartilage at the upper part of the ear) to bring closer to the head the upper ear. The patient shares her result at just one week after surgery, and is so excited about her great treatment result. Her ears will become less swollen and red over the next 1-2 weeks and show final healing result closer to 4-6 months after surgery.
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 her otoplasty surgery while awake and relaxed in the comfort of our luxurious clinic, and had a great experience.