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
Ear Correction Surgery for Patients in Bilbao
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Comparison
Two approaches to ear correction
The operation is not one fixed procedure. Suture-based reshaping and an approach that also treats the cartilage itself differ in their effects, and the surgeon helps you choose between them once your ears have been examined at the consultation.
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
Descriptions of the methods on this page are general. The extent of surgery and the course of your recovery depend on you as a patient; the surgeon confirms both after examining your ears and discussing what you hope for.
Your plan is built by the surgeon at the consultation, who also explains the method chosen.
Free, before surgery and with no obligation.
About the clinic
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Comfortable surroundings, modern equipment and care that extends to every patient
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We will answer what you ask and fit your consultation to a time that is convenient for you.
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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?
Message a coordinator in Telegram or WhatsApp with photos of your ears. The surgeon will review them and give you an opinion, and you are under no obligation to have surgery.
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Process
From your first message to recovery: six steps
The steps are explained to you in advance, one stage at a time, while a coordinator keeps in contact with you throughout.
Online consultation and plan
Photos and an online conversation with the surgeon come first. The surgeon examines your case, discusses the limits of what can be changed, and proposes a plan and the price.
Choosing and booking the date
Only after the surgeon has confirmed everything do you book. Before that, once you are happy with the plan and price, you choose a suitable date with your coordinator.
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
Local anaesthesia, with sedation if needed, is usual in adults and older teenagers. Younger children often have general anaesthesia. Usually the incision lies behind the ear, and the cartilage is reshaped with permanent stitches.
The first hours and days
The team explains how to sleep, on your back and without pressure on the ears, and what to watch for; in the first days you wear a head dressing.
Recovery and follow-up
Swelling and bruising settle over several weeks. During that time you wear a soft headband day and night at first, then at night as the surgeon instructs, and the surgeon schedules your follow-up.
During the consultation the surgeon explains how the operation will go in your case.
Free, before surgery and with no obligation.
Discuss my planBenefits
Why choose City Medical Centre
A plan built around you
Before suggesting any plan, the surgeon looks at your ears and listens to what you want. The method and the extent of the surgery are fitted to your case rather than copied from a template.
Clear explanations before you decide
You are told in plain language how recovery goes, what activity is limited and what risks exist, and all of this happens before you book. Any question is welcome.
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
You may contact us on Telegram or WhatsApp at any time and an answer will come. The consultation is scheduled flexibly, around your other commitments.
The price is confirmed before booking
Before you book, you will know the price, which is confirmed after the surgeon's assessment of your case. Nothing unexpected is left for later.
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Frequently asked questions
Questions about otoplasty
You message a coordinator on Telegram or WhatsApp and send clear photos of your ears. The surgeon reviews them, then talks with you online and proposes a plan, and the first consultation is free.
Working usually from behind the ear, the surgeon reshapes the cartilage with permanent stitches and, where needed, thinning or scoring. For adults local anaesthesia is common, whereas younger children often have general anaesthesia.
Many adults and children return to work or school after about a week. You wear a head dressing for the first days, then a soft headband for the first weeks, and you avoid pressure on the ears, contact sports and swimming for several weeks.
Behind the ear, in the natural fold, is where the incision is usually made, hiding the scar. Healing is not the same for everyone, and a scar may be visible or thickened. Expect the surgeon to explain this and to ask about your scarring history.
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.
The following may make surgery unsuitable or mean it needs clearing first: blood clotting disorders, active ear or skin infection, uncontrolled chronic illness, a tendency to keloid scarring, unrealistic expectations, and 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.
Your individual case and the plan the surgeon proposes determine the price. It is confirmed after the surgeon's assessment and before you book, so you know it before you decide anything.