Basic things you should know about otoplasty

What is otoplasty?

Otoplasty is a very effective cosmetic surgery when you do not like your ears, as it aims to bring the ears "blown" to a much more aesthetic position or reduce their size.

Ears are one of the biggest causes of complexes for people because it is very difficult to hide being on the face and, in turn, the face is our letter of introduction to the outside, that is, the first impression we make on the rest of people. Fortunately, most ear defects can be fixed through otoplasty.

Everything I need to know about infant otoplasty

Child otoplastia is a very controversial issue since there are many detractors of making cosmetic interventions to smaller and younger children, but it is a fact that school bullying is the order of the day and makes many children feel self-conscious about certain physical aspects that can sometimes cause long-term trauma. More and more parents accompany their children for cosmetic interventions and one of the most frequent is the otoplasty that so many complexes solve.

It is evident and advisable to try to get out of children's heads the idea that their complexes are solved based on aesthetic operations but as we have mentioned previously, otoplasty is a recommended and acceptable operation from 6 years of age for children who suffer birth defects related to the size or shape of your ears.

Why that age? At 6 years old, the ears are fully formed and, according to psychologists, at this age they already have a clear image of themselves and the relative importance of their self-perception in social relationships. In addition, according to experts, physical traits and socioeconomic status is the main basis on which they rely for discrimination. So, if psychology is not enough to solve the problem, cosmetic surgery can be a solution.

This type of intervention has very few risks and in most cases they are covered by social security, but you have to wait for a long waiting list that in some times is equivalent to a long period of time. Many times aesthetics are linked to mental health, so waiting is not recommended.

The procedure is the same as for adults with the peculiarity that anesthesia must be general. Once sedated, the surgeon proceeds to mark the points of the ear in which he is going to intervene and the other procedure is identical to that of adults. At these ages, the cartilage is usually more "soft" and moldable, which makes the intervention much easier, so if you are thinking of carrying out an intervention on your child now or waiting until he is a little older, we encourage you to solve it. sooner.

Benefits of otoplasty

Otoplastia has a large number of benefits that are obvious to the naked eye, among which we can include the following:

• It is a very safe procedure with which you can rest easy since you will hardly take risks.

• Not only will it solve the problems of "protruding ears" but it also provides a solution to a wide variety of ear malformations.

• The recovery time in this operation is very short, being only a week of discomfort.

• It will not only influence your aesthetics but, as we have said before, aesthetics is linked to mental health and will increase your self-esteem and improve your emotional situation.

• The results are for life as well as very natural. Nobody will notice that you have had an aesthetic intervention if they do not know you.

• Scars are almost imperceptible to the human eye