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
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Booking comes after the assessment: the surgeon reviews your case and confirms the price first.
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Comparison
Two approaches to ear correction
Otoplasty varies from case to case. The suture-based approach and the approach that also works on the cartilage itself differ in their effect, and your choice is made with the surgeon at the consultation once your ears have been examined.
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
The methods are described here in general terms. The extent of surgery and your recovery depend on you as a patient, and the surgeon confirms both after examining your ears and discussing your wishes.
During the consultation, the surgeon prepares a plan for you and explains which method has been chosen.
Free, before surgery and with no obligation.
About the clinic
A clinic where you can feel at ease
Comfortable surroundings, modern equipment and care that extends to every patient
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A convenient time for your consultation will be found, and your questions will be answered.
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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
Not sure which column applies to you?
Send photos of your ears to a coordinator in Telegram or WhatsApp. The surgeon reviews them and gives an opinion, with no commitment to surgery.
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Process
From your first message to recovery: six steps
Every stage is talked through with you before it happens, and you have a coordinator in touch 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
The date is chosen with your coordinator after you are happy with the plan and the price. Booking comes last, once the surgeon has confirmed everything.
Pre-operative preparation
The surgeon reviews your medical history and medicines, takes photographs and arranges standard tests as needed. Blood-thinning medicines are stopped only on the surgeon's instructions.
The operation
The usual choice for adults and older teenagers is local anaesthesia, with sedation if needed; for younger children, general anaesthesia is often chosen. Behind the ear is where the incision is usually placed, and permanent stitches reshape the cartilage.
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
A soft headband is needed day and night in the first weeks and afterwards at night, following the surgeon's instructions. Swelling and bruising settle over several weeks, and the surgeon arranges your follow-up.
The consultation is where the surgeon explains how the operation goes in your particular case.
Free, before surgery and with no obligation.
Discuss my planBenefits
Why choose City Medical Centre
A plan built around you
The surgeon does not propose anything until your ears have been examined and your wishes heard. The method and the extent of the surgery are worked out for your case, rather than taken 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
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
There is no wrong time to write on Telegram or WhatsApp: someone answers at any hour. The consultation time is flexible and works around your schedule.
The price is confirmed before booking
After the surgeon has assessed your case, the price is confirmed and shown to you. This happens before you book, so you are not surprised later.
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Frequently asked questions
Questions about otoplasty
Begin with a message to a coordinator on Telegram or WhatsApp, including clear photos of your ears. The surgeon reviews the photos and talks with you online, then proposes a plan. The first consultation is free.
The surgeon reshapes the ear cartilage, usually through an incision behind the ear, with permanent stitches and, where needed, thinning or scoring. Adults commonly have local anaesthesia, while younger children often have general anaesthesia.
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.
The incision is usually made in the fold behind the ear, so the scar is hidden. Scars differ between people, and visible or thickened scars are possible. The surgeon explains this and asks about your scarring tendency.
The surgeon covers these points with you before surgery: bleeding or a blood collection under the skin, infection, asymmetry, visible or thickened scars, altered skin sensation, and a partial relaxing of the correction 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.
What you pay depends on your individual case and the surgeon's proposed plan. The price is confirmed once the surgeon has assessed you and before you book, which means you know it before deciding.