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 Reshaping with a Surgeon's Review, Nuremberg
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Comparison
Two approaches to ear correction
There is no single standard otoplasty. A suture-based approach and one that also works on the cartilage itself change different things. At the consultation, once your ears have been examined, the surgeon helps you choose.
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.
About the clinic
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Modern equipment and comfortable rooms, with care given to every patient
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We answer your questions and arrange a consultation at a time that suits you.
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Request a free callOtoplasty is not for everyone
When there is a way to resolve your concern without an operation, you will be told. Surgery is advised only if it suits 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
Your coordinator stays in contact with you from beginning to end, and you know what each stage involves before it starts.
Online consultation and plan
You begin by sending photos and talking with the surgeon online; the surgeon assesses your case, talks through what can and cannot be changed, and offers a plan with 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
A review of your medical history and medicines comes first, with photographs and standard tests as needed, all arranged by the surgeon. The surgeon alone instructs when blood-thinning medicines are stopped.
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
During the first days your head is covered with a dressing. The team goes through how to sleep, on your back and without pressure on the ears, and what 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 will explain 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
The surgeon examines your ears and your wishes before proposing anything. The method and extent of surgery are chosen for your case, not taken from 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
You share photos through a messenger and speak with the surgeon online. The first consultation is free, and you are under no obligation to have surgery.
Coordinators reply 24/7
Write on Telegram or WhatsApp whenever you like, day or night, and you will get a reply. The time of the consultation is flexible and adapts to your schedule.
The price is confirmed before booking
You are shown the price before you book, and it is confirmed only after the surgeon has assessed your case. No surprises follow.
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Frequently asked questions
Questions about otoplasty
Free of charge, the first consultation starts when you message a coordinator on Telegram or WhatsApp and send clear photos of your ears. The surgeon reviews them, speaks with you online and proposes a plan.
The surgeon reshapes the ear cartilage, usually through an incision behind the ear, using permanent stitches and, where needed, thinning or scoring. Local anaesthesia is common in adults; 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.
A fold behind the ear normally holds the incision, and the scar stays hidden there. Scar quality differs from one person to another, and visible or thickened scars cannot be ruled out. The surgeon explains it and asks whether you are prone to scarring.
Prior to the operation, the surgeon explains the risks to you. They include bleeding or a blood collection under the skin, infection, asymmetry, visible or thickened scars, changed skin sensation and partial relaxation of the correction with time.
Surgery may not be suitable, or may need to be cleared first, if you have a blood clotting disorder, an active infection of the ear or skin, an uncontrolled chronic illness, a tendency to keloid scarring, unrealistic expectations, or are pregnant until timing is confirmed.
The ears retain their new shape after they have healed. Small differences from one ear to the other are normal, and in a small number of cases the correction can partly relax. This is something the surgeon discusses with you ahead of time.
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.