Correction Of Prominent Ears

A large number of patients who request set back of prominent ears are children who are getting teased at school but a significant number of adults also seek surgery. Ears normally stick out because a fold is missing in the cartilage of the ear, (cartilage is the gristle in the middle of the ear which gives it its shape and support). Surgery is aimed at producing this missing fold and operation can be performed as a day patient under general anaesthetic, (asleep), or local anaesthetic, (awake), if the patient is old enough to tolerate the local anaesthetic injections. In most cases a strip of skin is removed from the back of the ear to get access to the cartilage. This means that there will be a scar tucked in on the back of the ear and at the end of the operation a head bandage will be put on which stays on for about 10 days.

On removal of the bandage the ears should be set well back although they will be a little bruised and swollen for a couple of weeks. Infrequently bleeding or infection occurs under the head bandage. It is very important that if you do experience severe pain you contact the hospital because the bandage will need to be removed for the ears to be checked. Failure to do so may result in damage and then scarring to the skin on the front of the ear.

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