Otoplasty, or an ‘ear job’, is a surgical procedure designed to set prominent ears closer to the head in order to improve their overall shape or reduce their size. Prominent ears come in a myriad of forms, including cup ear, shell ear, bat ear and lop ear. Many patients attempt to camouflage the deformity with hairstyling.
Otoplasty – Patient’s Information Sheet.pdf
Preoperative photographs will be taken in standard frontal, lateral, and oblique positions. Additionally, a bird’s eye view from above and/or posterior views can help document lateralization. Close-up lateral and oblique photographs can aid in analysing the deformities in each ear.
A patient must also be judged to be cooperative with the postoperative regimen.
The cartilage is then folded towards the head or, in cases requiring greater reduction, removed altogether, before inserting sutures to keep it in its new position.
An otoplasty typically takes between one and two hours.
Stitches are usually resorbable, the wound will be checked after a week and there is very little in the way of bruises or swelling.
Otoplasty – Plastic Surgery Costs
Procedure | Price Estimate | Conditions/ Comments |
Otoplasty (correction of prominent ears) | $6,990 | This price covers the surgeon fee, anaesthetic fee & follow up. This price assumes top hospital cover. If you do not have private health cover, allow for additional $1,800 for day surgery fee. |