Plastic surgery of male ears

Otoplasty

Ear plastic surgery is a surgical intervention that allows you to remove pathologies of the ear concha and aesthetic defects. In this case, the external ear is meant by the auricle. Plastic surgery for men’s ears includes a number of corrections that allow changing the shape and size of the auricles, eliminating various defects, including lop-earedness.

Thanks to a gentle surgical intervention, both congenital and acquired cosmetic defects can be corrected. Also, plastic ear surgery for men will allow you to model or reconstruct the ideal shape of the ears.

Indications for male otoplasty

The most common indication for otoplasty is lop-earedness. According to statistics, this problem occurs in 10% of the world’s population. A congenital defect is diagnosed if the angle between the surface of the head and the auricle is more than 30 °. Even with a slight severity, lop-earedness negatively affects the patient’s quality of life, in particular, self-confidence.

Lop-earedness is a congenital pathology. It applies to one and both ears at the same time. The reasons for the formation of lop-earedness are:

• This feature is inherited. Moreover, this problem can be transmitted not only from parents, but also from grandparents, through generations.
• Intrauterine development. In the womb, during the formation of the child, hypertrophy of the cartilage of the ear, smoothness or underdevelopment of the antihelix is ​​formed. Such cases – more than 40%.

Otoplasty allows you to correct the irregular shape of the ears.

Among the most common problems:

• Excessively large auricles.
• Pathological structure of the earlobes.
• Asymmetry of the auricles.

Also, the patients turn to a plastic surgeon due to injuries that provoke the occurrence of acquired cosmetic defects. Cartilage fractures cause negative changes in the contour of the ear concha. In most cases, this problem does not respond to conservative treatment.

Otoplasty allows you to correct the stretching of the earlobes and soft tissue tears when wearing tunnels or heavy earrings for a long time.

Technology of ear plastic surgery for men

After a preliminary consultation, a list of required laboratory tests is issued. In the absence of contraindications, a day of ear plastic surgery is prescribed.

The standard list of analyzes consists of:

• Blood tests (for HIV, clotting, general analysis, hepatitis B and C).
• General urine analysis.
• Cardiogram – if necessary.

Be sure to inform the plastic surgeon about the presence of chronic diseases and the presence of allergies to any medications.

Plastic surgery of male ears involves modelling the shape of the cartilage of the ear as well as its location. There are no strict criteria here, but the line of the auricle should ideally run parallel to the cheek line. In this case, the angle between the cavity of the ear concha and between the head should be within 30 °.

To eliminate protruding ears, an incision is made along the back of the auricle. If the goal is to change the shape of the concha or its size, both the backside and the outside can be selected for incision. Andrey Kharkov selects the most optimal option for each individually taken case. In particular, the choice of technique depends on the anatomical features of each patient.

In most cases, ear surgery is about removing excess skin from the outer ear. All this is combined with the bending back of the cartilage of the ear. When using this technique, the cartilage is fixed from the inside with the help of special threads.

A laser knife can be used to minimize injury during surgery. It allows you to make incisions, excise excess skin and / or cartilage tissue. Laser plastic provides an opportunity to thin or process the cartilage more precisely and accurately.

The duration of the surgery in the clinic of Andrey Kharkov is 60 minutes. The patient stays in the hospital clinic for 24 hours. In the future the rehabilitation process continues at home.

Rehabilitation period

After the surgery, a special bandage should be worn for 8-10 days. The stitches are removed on the 14th day. The duration of the main stage of the rehabilitation period is 14-17 days.

A slight swelling of the tissues is quite normal. After a while, it goes away on its own.

The restrictions at this stage are quite standard:

• It is forbidden to wet your head during the week.
• Physical activity is banned for two weeks.
• It is forbidden to visit the pool, solarium and sauna.

You can evaluate the result of otoplasty after removing the stitches and dressing. It lasts for life. Over time, the postoperative scar becomes almost invisible.

Contraindications to ear plastic surgery for men

Otoplasty is not performed if the following contraindications are present:

1. Oncology.
2. Problems with blood clotting.
3. The course of inflammatory and infectious processes in the body.
4. Diabetes mellitus.
5. Exacerbation of chronic diseases.

Benefits of ear surgery for men in the clinic of Andrey Kharkov

Andrey Leonidovich Kharkov is a specialist of the highest category, who successfully performed tens of thousands  of operations. The plastic surgeon will perform otoplasty at a high professional level.

All plastic surgeries are performed using high-tech modern equipment.

Despite the seeming simplicity of otoplasty, this operation requires real professionalism from the plastic surgeon. This is an important part of getting the desired result.

Plastic surgery of ears allows you to achieve amazing results:

• Correct the position of the ear.
• The shell of the ear gets its natural position or shape.
• The scar is invisible after the operation.

Each patient can count on an individual approach and full support at all stages: before / during / after the surgery.

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