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
Online Consultation for Otoplasty in Wuppertal
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Your case is assessed by the surgeon, who then confirms the price ahead of your booking.
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Comparison
Two approaches to ear correction
Otoplasty comes in more than one form. Whether the cartilage is reshaped with sutures alone or also worked on directly changes what the operation achieves. The surgeon helps you decide at the consultation, after looking at 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
Here the methods are described only in general terms. How much surgery is needed and how you recover depend on you as a patient, and the surgeon confirms both once your ears are examined and your wishes discussed.
In the consultation the surgeon works out a plan for you and explains why and how the chosen method is used.
Free, before surgery and with no obligation.
About the clinic
A clinic where you can feel at ease
Care for every patient, in comfortable rooms with modern equipment
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
Surgery is advised only when it suits your ears, your health and your expectations. If your concern can be solved without it, the surgeon will tell you.
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
The consultation is online: you send photos and talk with the surgeon, who examines your case, discusses what can and cannot be changed, and proposes a plan and its price.
Choosing and booking the date
If the plan and the price are acceptable to you, your coordinator helps you choose a suitable date. The booking is made only when the surgeon has confirmed everything.
Pre-operative preparation
The surgeon goes over your medical history and medicines, takes photographs, and arranges standard tests where needed. Blood-thinning medicines are never stopped unless the surgeon says so.
The operation
Younger children often have general anaesthesia, whereas adults and older teenagers usually have local anaesthesia, with sedation if needed. The incision is usually behind the ear; permanent stitches reshape the cartilage.
The first hours and days
Your head is dressed for the first days, and the team explains how you should sleep, on your back with the ears free of pressure, 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.
In your consultation, the surgeon describes how the operation goes for you.
Free, before surgery and with no obligation.
Discuss my planBenefits
Why choose City Medical Centre
A plan built around you
Your ears and your wishes come first: the surgeon assesses both before making any proposal. The approach and the scope of the operation are set for you personally, not taken from a ready-made template.
Clear explanations before you decide
The recovery, the activity limits and the possible risks are explained clearly before you book, so you know what to expect. Any question you have can be asked.
A free first consultation
You are not obliged to have surgery after the first consultation, which is free. It consists of photos sent by messenger and an online conversation with the surgeon.
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
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
Clear photos of your ears, sent to a coordinator on Telegram or WhatsApp, are the first step. The first consultation is free. The surgeon examines the photos, talks with you online and proposes a plan.
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.
The risks, which the surgeon explains before surgery, are bleeding or a blood collection under the skin, infection, asymmetry, visible or thickened scars, changed skin sensation, and the correction partly relaxing over time.
The operation may not be right for you, or may need clearing first, in the case of blood clotting disorders, active infection in the ear or skin, uncontrolled chronic illness, keloid scarring tendency, unrealistic expectations, or pregnancy before the timing is confirmed.
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.
Because every case is different, the price follows from your situation and the surgeon's proposed plan. It is confirmed after the assessment and before booking, so you have it before you make any decision.