Aesthetic corrective surgery of protruding ears Why should you or your child be the object of ridicule
The eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hairstyle, and hands to create our image more than other parts of our body. They are what is most noticeable when we are in contact with other people. When we talk, we not only convey our words to other people, but we emphasize them with hand gestures; the expression on our face reveals our emotional relationship to the person and the subject of discussion. Whether we like it or not, the quality of communication with our surroundings also depends on our image, as well as our self-image.
The saying that "clothes make the man", only captures part of the truth. Assertiveness, politeness, openness, a refined manner, the feeling that other people accept us for who we are; these are all important, along with other things. How we feel in society, how confident and brave we are when in contact with others is largely dependent on our sense of acceptance in the community. Moreover, if we stand out too much from the criteria, which the community has set as "normal", we will have trouble being accepted, lack confidence and always have the feeling of being in a subordinate position.
Ear deformity is a common aesthetic defect, which can already be noticed at birth. It is seen in the form of deformed outer ears, excess cartilage, underdeveloped auricles or improper position of the auricles. Protruding ears are a very common deformation; one or both ears can be affected. They can both protrude equally or one more drastically than the other.
Children with protruding ears are perceived as different by their peers, when they become aware of not only difference between the sexes, but also between individuals; this usually happens after the age of five. In their own simple, direct and honest world, children can be very cruel when making fun of each other. Even if in the eyes of the parents, he is a wonderful child, to his peers he is often a "rabbit", "Dumbo the elephant", a "bat" or something like that. Ridicule due to protruding ears may have lasting effects on a child's mental state. If in his gentle childhood days, he is bothered by the insults of his peers, he himself may become critical later on in puberty. Letting boys' hair grow long or girls wearing their hair loose is no longer enough.
Parents, who face this problem, usually do not know when the best time for an operation is or what age the child should be. From the perspective of the child's mental state, it is best before starting school. At this age, the head and ears have already reached 90 % of the size of an adult head; the shaping of the ears is practically complete. After the operation, the child enters a new school without the burden of being different and the complex of being less worthy does not develop. However, at this age, surgery can only be performed using general anaesthesia. When the child is eight or nine years old, he is mature enough to be operated on under local anaesthesia.
Teenagers and young people, whose parents did not allow the elimination of the deformation during childhood, change their appearance after surgery. Girls no longer hide their ears under loose hair, but wear a ponytail and show their beautiful ears and with their hair up, they emphasise the new shape of their face. Long-haired boys with girly haircuts become young men with short haircuts.
Protruding ear correction is an aesthetic surgical procedure, which is performed at the clinic under local anaesthesia. The operation in painless for the patient. Before the operation, which effectively and permanently corrects protruding or deformed ears. The procedure is not painful or demanding for the patient. It is carried out under local anaesthesia. Before the procedure, we take measurements and plan the operation.
The surgical incision is made at the back of the ears, so that after the operation, the scar is hidden behind the outer ear and is not noticeable. Depending on the shape and nature of deformation, during the procedure part of the skin and cartilage is cut. The cartilage is thinned out, moved or reshaped.
There are many operational techniques. We select the one, which according to the operating surgeon's experience, is most appropriate in the given case. All the techniques have in common the inserting of permanent stitches and scraping of the cartilage, so the ear curves in the desired direction.
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