Ear Reshaping Surgery

Ear reshaping surgery is a surgery meant to change the appearance of the outer ear. There are various changes which can be brought about by ear reshaping surgery. The very folds of the ear cartilage can be changed or you can just reshape deformed ears. The external era can be only reshaped using ear reshaping surgery.

Ear reshaping surgery was first performed in India by a surgeon named Sushruta around 600B.C. he is also known as the founding father of surgery. Local anesthesia has to be applied to the patient before ear reshaping and if the entire process requires incision then full anesthesia has to given to the patient. The operation may take anything around four to six hours for completion and the duration of the operation depends on the gravity of the situation.
Complex ear reshaping surgeries take more time for completion and involve a bit of risk too. The surgery can be performed in two ways, one way is to make an incision and the other way is to perform the operation without any incision. One sided incision can be applied on the flatter side of the cartilaginous part of the ear and then the entire cartilage can reshape along the incision. The incision less ear surgery is done by a needle which marks the areas along which the cartilage will re grow.

Mostly one or more incisions are enough to gain access to the areas of the ear to be sculpted. In some cases the incision is behind the ear. To make the concha bowl move close to the head a small tunnel like structure has to be sculpted through the antihelixes. The antihelixes are poorly folded and can be restructured to balance the position of the ear lobe. This has to be done with great precision.

In case of missing structures form the ear cartilage, artificial implants have to be made to make the ear look proper in shape. This part of the ear does not have any major nerves but the outer appearance is very important. Such surgery is generally required in case of a surgery.

After the surgery has been completed a proper dressing is necessary to keep the ear free from external injury and infections. The dressing should be regularly changed to observe the pace of healing and re growth of tissues. If any abnormality is noticed then the doctor should be informed immediately.

Ear reshaping surgeries should be performed by trained surgeons who specialize in this type of surgery. Any surgeon who does not specialize in this type of surgery should not attempt this surgery. It is preferable for a plastic surgeon to perform these surgeries. Any untrained doctor can mess up this surgery and can make the parts deformed completely.

The nature of surgery to be performed should be analyzed before hand and then only the doctors must attempt this surgery. You are advised to go for this surgery after prior consultation with a reputed physician.