Otoplasty (Ear Surgery) in Toronto

Candidates
Who are the best candidates for an Otoplasty procedure?

There are a number of things to think about before deciding whether this is the right surgery for you. Teenagers and adults who are good candidates for Ear Surgery in Toronto are generally:

• Healthy individuals who do not have a life-threatening illness or medical conditions that can impair healing
• Individuals with a positive outlook and specific goals in mind for ear surgery
• Nonsmokers

Facial issues related to low self-esteem can be corrected by surgery, but it is important not to make your decision on this alone. During a consultation session, your assigned surgeon will talk extensively about the benefits of Otoplasty with you, and learn more about your desired outcomes, to help make a more accurate determination of your candidacy.

Benefits
What are the benefits of Otoplasty?

The benefits range from medical to cosmetic when it comes to a Toronto Otoplasty, including:

• Overly large ears – a condition called macrotia
• Protruding ears occurring on one or both sides in varying degrees – not associated with hearing loss
• Adult dissatisfaction with previous ear surgery
• Improvement of self-esteem
• Better symmetry of the overall facial structure

Ear surgery is a highly individualized procedure and you must make this decision for yourself, not to benefit anyone else. Your image and self-worth belong to you, and Otoplasty is one method to help improve it.

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What to expect on the day of Otoplasty surgery

Before the day of your Otoplasty, your surgeon may ask you to fast for a certain amount of time and avoid certain medications such as blood thinners, to prepare your body for surgery.

On the day of your surgery, after being taken into the procedure room and prepped for surgery, your surgeon will walk you through the process so you know what to expect.

First, we will administer a type of anesthesia to make you comfortable and minimize any pain. Once you are fully sedated, your surgeon makes the incision on the back of your ear. Correction of protruding ears uses surgical techniques to create or increase the fold just inside the rim of the ear, and to reduce the deepest concavity of the external ear. Incisions may be made on the front of the ear when necessary. Internal, non-removable sutures are used to create and secure the newly shaped cartilage in place.

Finally, they will close the incision, done by external stitches. Your surgeon will use varying techniques on each patient, taking care not to distort other structures and to avoid an unnatural “pinned back” appearance.

Once the surgery is complete, bandages will be applied to keep the ears in place while the incisions heal and your recovery process begins.

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Otoplasty recovery

Before leaving our clinic, your surgeon and the medical team will ensure you are given all the information necessary for a smooth and safe recovery. The bandages applied are put in place to keep the surgical site clean, protect it from trauma, and support the new position of the ear during initial healing.

Discomfort immediately following ear surgery is normal and can be controlled with pain medication. There may be an itchy feeling under bandages. It is essential that bandages remain intact and are not removed for any reason. Failure to do so may result in the loss of some of the correction and may require secondary surgery.

To keep pressure off your ears, avoid sleeping on your side. Also, try not to rub or place excessive force on the incisions. Consider wearing button-down shirts or shirts with loose-fitting collars.

A few days after otoplasty, your doctor will remove your bandages. Your ears will likely be swollen and red. You may need to wear a loose headband that covers your ears at night for a few weeks. This will help keep you from pulling your ears forward when rolling over in bed.