Ear Surgery
Asked 2021-02-09
Is it possible to perform surgery to make ears more prominent?
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I suppose so, but the small size would have to be quite significant to warrant the series of procedures that it would take to do something like that. This would fall more in the realm of reconstruction rather than in the arena of aesthetic improvement. Afterall, it is possible to reconstruct total ears for individuals that are born with a condition called microtia. In most of those patients they may only start out with the vestiges of only a lobe. The reconstructive process often involves multiple procedures where skin, soft tissue, and a skeletal framework needs to be created.