What is ear correction surgery? What does ear correction surgery do?

Everyone should have heard of hidden ear correction surgery in life. It doesn’t matter if you haven’t heard of it. Today, the editor will learn about it with everyone. What exactly is hidden ear correction surgery and what is the role of hidden ear correction surgery? Let’s learn together with the editor.

The surgical principle of hidden ear is to reposition the auricular cartilage and create a cranial ear groove. After pulling the upper part of the helix to reveal the shape of the auricle, make an arc-shaped incision line along the scalp area above the edge of the ear cartilage, cut the skin and subcutaneous tissue along the incision line, separate the cartilage and the soft tissue on the side of the skull, turn the cartilage over and reposition it until the root of the concha, form a normal cranial ear groove, and then cover the wound behind the ear and the side of the skull with a full-thickness or medium-thickness skin graft free transplantation method. The wound is filled with gauze, fixed with sutures, and pressure bandaged with a cotton pad bandage. Hidden ear, also known as buried ear or bag ear, is a congenital developmental malformation of the auricle. The main manifestation is that the upper half of the auricle is buried under the skin of the temporal scalp, without an obvious post-auricular groove: if the upper part of the auricle is pulled outward with a finger, the full view of the auricle can be revealed.

1. Because there is no postauricular groove in hidden ears, it brings great inconvenience to patients. In addition to being unable to wear glasses, water easily flows into the external auditory canal when bathing. Therefore, surgery can not only improve the appearance, but also solve the functional disorder.

2. The surgical method of hidden ear correction is to dissect out the upper part of the auricular cartilage buried in the temporal scalp and establish a stable posterior auricular groove. The specific method can be divided into skin grafting and local flap method.

How much does ear correction surgery cost?

Small ears can make a woman's face look more delicate and stylish, so those who are born with bad ear shapes choose to have hidden ear correction surgery. The price of hidden ear correction surgery is generally around 900-15,000 yuan, and the price of the surgery varies depending on the patient's ear condition.

What should I pay attention to after ear correction surgery?

First, in the early stage, we should prevent scar hyperplasia. Usually, after the scab falls off, we should use drugs to prevent scar hyperplasia. In addition, the hidden ear is a cartilage, which is covered with skin again, so avoid pressure in the early stage, because cartilage itself is a relatively elastic and weak cartilage. If you are overly compressed, the stretch of your auricle and the reshaped auricle support may be deformed due to pressure. Coupled with the contraction of the skin, it may cause the outline of the auricle to be unsightly. Or the contraction may lead to the recurrence of hidden ear. In this case, we should try to avoid pressure. To avoid the problem of pressure in the early stage, the main thing is to use earmuffs. There is an earmuff to protect it, especially when sleeping at night, to avoid long-term pressure. Generally, earmuffs should be worn at night, and earmuffs are usually worn for at least three months. If conditions permit, it should be worn for half a year as much as possible, and the auricle will not be easily deformed after it is completely healed and stretched and stabilized.