ear reshaping surgery - the procedure

Before your ear reshaping surgery

Your Surgeon will advise you when you are to discontinue and/or resume activities like smoking, or taking aspirin or any other medication.
You will be able to discuss any concerns with your cosmetic surgeon.
The evening before surgery, we would recommend that you wash your hair.
The bandage will be on for 7-10 days continuously and during this time you will not be able to wash your hair.

The Cosmetic Surgeon will visit you in your room and may mark the ears with a pen in preparation for your ear reshaping surgery.
Your Cosmetic Surgeon will also obtain your final consent, and answer any last minute questions you may have.

The surgeon will remove some of your skin and reshape the cartilage from behind the ears.
The ears are then stitched into the new position with the incision marks cleverly concealed in the natural crease behind the ear.
The ear reshaping surgery normally takes 2-3 hours to complete.

There may be some residual bruising after your ear reshaping surgery, but the scars will now be well hidden behind the ears.
You should avoid sleeping on your sides in order to reduce ear pressure.
Once the bandages and any sutures are removed, we recommend regular hair washes/showers to clean behind the ear - avoiding rubbing, as the ear will remain tender for a while.
For further 7-10 nights we recommend you wear a sports headband to protect the ears whilst in bed.
It is very important that you attend the follow up post surgery appointment to care for your wound and see your Cosmetic Surgeon post-operatively to make sure that you are healing well.
You will have your own personal Nurse Counsellor both before and after your procedure to support you and answer any questions you may have.