Ear Surgery - Otoplasty

Ear surgery or Otoplasty is the cosmetic plastic procedure that is used to correct or improve the position, size, or shape of ears.  Otoplasty can also correct ears that have congenital deformities as well as those caused by trauma or disease.   Often, people with protruding ears endure ridicule and mockery while maintaining their own silence resulting in traumatic degradation of their own self-esteem.

Otoplasty is a surgical procedure that can resize the ears, making them smaller and setting them back closer to the head, according to the features of the patient.  As an otolaryngologist and a facial plastic surgeon, Dr. Espinosa takes some digital photos, which are the basis of the preoperative analysis for ear surgery.    Usually, ear surgery is done on an out-patient basis, and can be performed on children above the age of five because their ears are still growing.  Results from surgery may be observed one week after surgery.