Procedures · Face
Otoplasty (Ear Surgery)
Reshaping prominent ears or repairing torn earlobes.
Overview
Otoplasty (Ear Surgery) — in our words.
Otoplasty addresses prominent ears (where the ear projects further from the head than is typical) and torn-or-stretched earlobes from heavy earrings.
Performed in both adults and children — the cartilage is mature from age six onwards.
Who it's for
- Patients of any age with prominent ears that affect them.
- Patients with torn earlobes from earrings or trauma.
Technique
How we operate.
Cartilage-sparing technique with sutures placed behind the ear to recreate the natural antihelical fold.
At a glance
- Duration
- 30 minutes
- Anaesthesia
- Local or sedation
- Hospital stay
- Day case
- Recovery
- 5–7 days
Recovery
Recovery.
- 01
Week 1
Headband
A supportive headband is worn day and night for one week.
- 02
Weeks 2–4
Headband at night
Headband at night only for three more weeks.
Risks & honesty
What we don't pretend isn't true.
- No surgery is risk-free. We discuss the specific risks of your case in consultation, not as boilerplate.
- Individual results vary. Patient anatomy, age, healing biology and aftercare all shape the outcome.
- Revision rates across our recorded series are below the published industry average — but they are not zero.
No surgical or non-surgical procedure is risk-free. Individual results vary. This page is a summary; the full discussion happens in consultation.
Questions
Questions worth answering.
From around age six, once the ear cartilage has largely finished growing and reached its adult shape and firmness. Operating before school age is common practice, since it can prevent the social effects of prominent ears in childhood — though adults of any age are equally good candidates.