Suture-based method
Reshapes cartilage without cutting it away
Price at consultation
- Main goal
- Bring the ears closer and form the fold
- Best suited when
- The cartilage can be shaped with stitches alone
- Approach
- Permanent stitches hold the new shape
Otoplasty (Ear Correction) in Barcelona
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Price confirmed after your consultation
The surgeon looks at your case and confirms the price, so you have it before you make a booking.
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Comparison
Two approaches to ear correction
Otoplasty is not a single standard procedure. A suture-based approach and an approach that also works on the cartilage itself differ in what they change. The surgeon helps you choose at the consultation, after examining your ears.
Cartilage-modifying method
Also incises, scores or reduces cartilage
Price at consultation
- Main goal
- Reshape firmer or larger ear cartilage
- Best suited when
- Stitches alone are not enough for the shape
- Approach
- Cartilage thinned, scored or partly removed
Because the methods are described here only in general terms, the extent of surgery and your recovery are confirmed separately: the surgeon does this after examining your ears and discussing your wishes, since both depend on you.
A plan for your case is made at the consultation, and the surgeon explains the method that has been chosen.
Free, before surgery and with no obligation.
About the clinic
A clinic where you can feel at ease
Comfortable rooms, modern equipment and a caring approach to each patient
Contact us in the way that suits you best
Questions answered, and a consultation time that is convenient for you: we take care of both.
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Request a free callOtoplasty is not for everyone
The surgeon is honest when surgery is not the answer: if your concern can be solved without it, you will be told, and the operation is advised only when it suits your ears, health and expectations.
Suitable
- Ears that stick out from the head
- Missing or flat fold of the outer ear
- Ears large in proportion to the head
- Asymmetry between the two ears
- An ear shape that causes discomfort
- A child whose ears are near adult size
- Wish to improve ear shape with realistic goals
Not suitable
- Blood clotting disorders
- Active infection of the ear or nearby skin
- Uncontrolled chronic illness
- Tendency to keloid (raised) scarring
- Unrealistic expectations of the result
- Pregnancy, until the surgeon confirms timing
- Child whose ears are still growing noticeably
Not sure which column applies to you?
Send a coordinator photos of your ears in Telegram or WhatsApp. The surgeon looks at them and gives an opinion, without any commitment on your part to have surgery.
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Process
From your first message to recovery: six steps
You will hear what each stage involves before it takes place, and your coordinator stays in contact throughout the process.
Online consultation and plan
First you send photos and speak with the surgeon online. The surgeon then examines your case, goes through what can and cannot be changed, and puts forward a plan together with the price.
Choosing and booking the date
When the plan and the price suit you, you agree a convenient date with your coordinator. Booking happens only once the surgeon has confirmed everything.
Pre-operative preparation
The surgeon takes photographs, reviews your medical history and medicines, and arranges any standard tests that are needed. Blood-thinning medicines are stopped solely on the surgeon's instructions.
The operation
The incision is usually behind the ear, and permanent stitches reshape the cartilage. Local anaesthesia, with sedation if needed, is usual for adults and older teenagers; general anaesthesia is often chosen for younger children.
The first hours and days
A head dressing is worn during the first days. You are shown by the team how to sleep, lying on your back without pressure on the ears, and what to look out for.
Recovery and follow-up
The surgeon instructs you to wear a soft headband day and night for the first weeks, then at night. Swelling and bruising settle over several weeks, and the surgeon schedules your follow-up.
You will hear from the surgeon at the consultation how the operation goes in your case.
Free, before surgery and with no obligation.
Discuss my planBenefits
Why choose City Medical Centre
A plan built around you
A proposal is made only after the surgeon has examined your ears and heard your wishes. The method and extent of the operation are tailored to your case instead of following a template.
Clear explanations before you decide
Plain explanations of recovery, restrictions on activity and possible risks are given before you make a booking. You can ask whatever you wish and know what to expect.
A free first consultation
Through a messenger you send photos, and online you speak with the surgeon. The first consultation is free; choosing it does not mean you must have an operation.
Coordinators reply 24/7
Messages sent on Telegram or WhatsApp are answered at any hour. You can fit the consultation around your own schedule, as the time is flexible.
The price is confirmed before booking
No price is confirmed until the surgeon has assessed your case. You then see it before you book, which avoids surprises later.
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Frequently asked questions
Questions about otoplasty
Send clear photos of your ears to a coordinator on Telegram or WhatsApp. The first consultation is free. After reviewing the photos, the surgeon talks with you online and proposes a plan.
In adults, local anaesthesia is common; younger children often have general anaesthesia. The surgeon reshapes the ear cartilage, usually through an incision behind the ear, with permanent stitches and, where needed, thinning or scoring.
For the first days you wear a head dressing, and after that a soft headband for the first weeks. Many adults and children go back to work or school after about a week. Pressure on the ears, contact sports and swimming are avoided for several weeks.
Because the incision usually lies in the fold behind the ear, the scar is concealed. Even so, scarring varies from person to person, and visible or thickened scars are possible. The surgeon will explain this and ask whether you tend to scar heavily.
Before you have surgery, the surgeon describes what can go wrong: bleeding or blood gathering under the skin, infection, asymmetry, scars that are visible or thickened, changed feeling in the skin, and the correction easing back in part over time.
Surgery may be unsuitable or need clearing first with blood clotting disorders, active ear or skin infection, uncontrolled chronic illness, a tendency to keloid scarring, unrealistic expectations, or pregnancy until timing is confirmed.
After the ears have healed they keep their corrected shape. Both ears will not be identical, and small differences are normal; in a small number of cases the correction relaxes somewhat. Your surgeon raises this with you beforehand.
The price depends on your own case and on the plan put forward by the surgeon. You are given it after the surgeon's assessment, before you book, so it is known before any decision is made.