ANAESTHESIA
Local Anaesthesia
LENGHT OF STAY
3 days in Turkey
Otoplasty also referred as ear shaping surgery is a procedure to reshape and position the ears. If you are concerned about your physical appearance and if you want to correct your ear shape you might choose to have otoplasty.
What can Ear Reshaping surgery do?
Ear reshaping surgery is performed to maximise symmetry in both ears. If your ears protrude too far from your head or your ears are large in comparison to your head ear shaping surgery is right for you.
How is Ear Reshaping surgery performed?
Otoplasty is an outpatient procedure. This procedure usually takes between 1 to 2 hours, depending on the complexity of the procedure. Local or general anaesthesia can be used. In an ear shaping surgery, surgeon makes an incision from the natural fold of the ear or the back of the ear
What is the recovery like after the Ear Reshaping surgery?
After an ear shaping surgery recovery usually takes two weeks. The results will be permanent because in most cases, human cartilage does not grow after the age of 5.
How is the aftercare?
After surgery the patient should take one or two weeks for the incisions to heal. This means the patient should avoid sports and rigorous exercise during that time. Patients should be careful to the sutures making sure that they don’t accidentally pull them off while cleansing.
Frequently Asked Questions
After an ear shaping surgery, a patient needs to stay in Turkey for three days.
After an ear shaping surgery, you can go back to work in five days.
You can have an ear reshaping surgery starting from five years old. This is when a patient generally has fully matured and stabilized cartilages.
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