Otoplasty Patient:
Cosmetic ear surgery involves shaping the ear through and incision hidden on the backside of the ear. We try to spare cartilage to keep it natural appearing. It can make a big difference in how children develop and feel about themselves as they grow. It is one of the "cosmetic" procedures than can make the biggest difference in a child's life.

Otoplasty Patient:
Otoplasty, treatment of protruding ears, even in children can often be done under local anesthesia with the medicines we have today. We can use a topical anesthetic, which makes the ears numb, so that before we even inject any local anesthetic, the ears are numb enough that the discomfort from injection is minimal.

Otoplasty Patient:
Otoplasties are important to people of all ages. It is not uncommon for people to start thinking more about changing the shape of their ears as they cut their hair shorter.