Patient Info
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 24 years old
- Surgeon:
- Dr. Inessa Fishman
Description
This 24-year-old woman was bothered by the prominent or “stuck out” appearance of her ears, and wanted to improve them. She reported similar anatomy in her father, and had been thinking about surgical correction or otoplasty for several years. Our Facial Plastic Surgeon Dr. Inessa Fishman treated this young woman with otoplasty, or surgical ear-shaping, to contour the ears and bring them closer to her head. This patent’s 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; and reshaping the upper part of the ear to deepen a fold of cartilage called the antihelical fold. Our patient shares her result at just one week after surgery, and is very happy with her treatment outcome already. 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 with by-mouth relaxing medications and laughing gas in the comfort of our luxurious clinic, and had a great and comfortable experience.