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 Dortmund
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Price confirmed after your consultation
You will know the price before booking, because the surgeon assesses your case first and confirms it.
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Comparison
Two approaches to ear correction
Two broad approaches exist, one based on sutures and one that also works on the cartilage itself, and they differ in what they change. Otoplasty is therefore not a single standard procedure; the surgeon examines your ears and helps you choose 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
In general terms, this is how the methods work. For you personally, the extent of surgery and your recovery depend on your case, and the surgeon confirms both after examining your ears and discussing your wishes.
The surgeon uses the consultation to put together a plan for your case and to explain the method they have chosen.
Free, before surgery and with no obligation.
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Care for every patient, in comfortable rooms with modern equipment
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We are here to answer your questions and to set a consultation time that suits you.
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Request a free callOtoplasty is not for everyone
You will hear from the surgeon if your concern does not need an operation. An operation is suggested only when it is suitable for your ears, your health and your 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
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Photos of your ears, sent to a coordinator in Telegram or WhatsApp, are reviewed by the surgeon, who gives an opinion. There is no commitment to surgery.
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Process
From your first message to recovery: six steps
Before each stage begins, it is explained to you; throughout, your coordinator stays in contact.
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
Having accepted the plan and the price, you settle on a suitable date with your coordinator. You do not book until the surgeon has confirmed everything.
Pre-operative preparation
As needed, the surgeon arranges standard tests, and also reviews your medical history and medicines and takes photographs. Stopping blood-thinning medicines happens only 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
Expect to wear a head dressing for the first days. The team explains sleeping on your back, without pressure on the ears, and the signs to watch for.
Recovery and follow-up
After the first weeks of wearing a soft headband day and night, you wear it at night as the surgeon instructs. Swelling and bruising ease over several weeks, and a follow-up is scheduled by the surgeon.
At the consultation, the surgeon talks you through 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
Nothing is proposed until the surgeon has examined your ears and understood your wishes. How the operation is done, and how much is done, is decided for you individually, not from a standard pattern.
Clear explanations before you decide
Before booking, you hear about the recovery period, the limits on activity and the possible risks, explained simply. You can ask any question and know what lies ahead.
A free first consultation
The surgeon talks with you online after you send photos by messenger. This first consultation is free and does not commit you to surgery.
Coordinators reply 24/7
You can write on Telegram or WhatsApp at any hour and receive an answer. The consultation time is flexible and fits around your schedule.
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
Write to a coordinator on Telegram or WhatsApp and send clear photos of your ears. The first consultation is free. The surgeon looks at the photos, speaks with you online and puts forward a plan.
Usually the incision is made behind the ear, and through it the surgeon reshapes the cartilage using permanent stitches and, if needed, thinning or scoring. Local anaesthesia is common for adults; general anaesthesia is often chosen for younger children.
In the first days you have a head dressing; in the first weeks, a soft headband. Many adults and children go back to work or school after about a week, but for several weeks pressure on the ears, contact sports and swimming should be avoided.
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.
Surgery might be unsuitable, or need to be cleared beforehand, where there are blood clotting disorders, active infection of the ear or skin, uncontrolled chronic illness, a keloid scarring tendency or unrealistic expectations, or during pregnancy until the surgeon confirms timing.
Following healing, the new ear shape remains. Small differences between the ears are to be expected, and the correction can loosen somewhat in a small number of cases. The surgeon explains this to you beforehand.
The surgeon's assessment comes first, and the price is confirmed after it, before you book. It depends on your individual case and the plan the surgeon proposes, so you know it before any decision.