Repeated otoplasty due to poor cosmetic effect
The goal of otoplasty is to correct the ugly shape of the ears and restore the lost or underdeveloped parts of the auricle. After a successful operation, the ears look natural and aesthetic. But despite the fact that this procedure is considered easy, it requires skill and hard work of a plastic surgeon, as well as meticulous care of the ear, which has undergone surgery.
Large ears, lop- ear, cartilage deformation, congenital anomalies - all these defects are easily eliminated with the help of otoplasty. But sometimes a single operation is not enough or it is ineffective, then the correction of the shape of the ears is performed again.
The main reason for re-otoplasty is a failed operation. The result of the correction of the ears does not satisfy immediately after its implementation or after some time. The patient may experience even greater discomfort than before. But in any case, it is possible to subject the ear to the second operation only after six months. Such a period of time is needed for complete healing of tissues.
The main reasons for the correction for the second time are as follows:
- weak effect of correction;
- the return of the ear to its original state;
- the occurrence of asymmetry (different ears);
- second stage otoplasty.
A weak effect of the correction may occur when eliminating lop-earedness. After surgery, at least two months should be worn at night elastic bandage, pressing his ears to his head. Thus you can fix the result of the operation. If the counterhair is formed artificially, then this requires even more careful care of the ears.
If the ear returns to its original state, then it is again lop-eared. It is recommended to correct this defect at the age of 6 - 7 years, when the cartilage tissue is 90% formed. But with the growth of the body, the ears also continue to grow, and there is a likelihood of their returning to their original position relative to the head.
A problem such as asymmetry may occur if a single ear was subjected to surgery.
Even careful measurements and painstaking work of the surgeon are not able to perfectly repeat the shape of the second ear. It may be slightly protruding or too pressed to the head, a little more or less than the other.
Even if the operation is performed on both ears, asymmetry may occur.
Repeated otoplasty is performed with reconstructive correction, when an artificial auricle is formed from the implant. At the first stage, the cartilage tissue is placed in the skin bag of the ear, and when the operation is repeated, the doctor performs its correction.
The cost of re-operation on the ears due to customer dissatisfaction is paid. In some clinics, such an operation may cost less than the first.
Reviews of re-otoplasty mostly positive. The second time takes into account all the points that led to the failure. If the problem arose through the fault of the patient himself, he is already more responsible for the care of the ears after the operation. This is what people write about when faced with the need for a new ear correction.
Correction after otoplasty as a result of complications
After surgery, you must carefully follow all the recommendations of the doctor, go for a visit and ligation. The surgeon's mistakes are rare, and complications caused by the poor state of the patient's health and poor post-operative care are the most likely cause of correction after otoplasty.
Correction is carried out as a result of the following complications:
- inflammation of soft tissue and cartilage;
- keloid scar formation;
- gross scar formation.
Inflammatory processes can occur against the background of a wound infection during surgery, if it is performed with a scalpel. Unlike traditional surgery, laser surgery completely eliminates this complication.
Most often, inflammation occurs due to insufficient sanitation during the recovery period. The situation is complicated if the patient has infectious diseases or chronic diseases during an exacerbation. To avoid such complications, it is necessary to inform the doctor about their ailments.
Correction after otoplasty as a result of inflammation is carried out in case the treatment was untimely and a purulent process appeared. Such phenomena as seam divergence, cartilage damage become possible. The ear can skew.
- Keloid scars are soft pink formations. The cause of their occurrence is a violation of the process of proper formation of scar tissue in the body. To address this issue does not require a full-scale operation. The doctor excised the scar and re-stitches.
- Coarse scars may appear as a result of the individual characteristics of the patient’s connective tissue. Another reason is the violation of the operation technique when too much skin tissue is cut off. For treatment, special ointments, physiotherapy and hormones are used. If conservative measures are useless, then a cosmetic correction is performed, in which the coarse formations are excised.
The discharge of the auricle can occur during the rehabilitation period due to ear injury, involuntary movements in sleep (it is recommended to wear a bandage), divergence of the stitches. In this case, an urgent need to contact the surgeon for help. After treatment, the corresponding correction.
Many patients are afraid to do a second operation, because these are additional scars. But the otoplasty after removal of sutures is performed with incisions in the same skin areas. After performing all the manipulations, the roughened edges are excised and new stitches are superimposed on them.
The cost of correction after otoplasty
Depending on whose fault, the patient or the surgeon, there is a need for re-surgical intervention is determined by the payment. If the surgeon made a mistake, then repeated heating surgery is performed free of charge.
If the patient neglected the rules of postoperative care of the ears, did not wear a bandage, went to the bathhouse, went in for sports, then the complication is considered to be the patient's fault, and he pays the full cost of the procedure.
The need for re-correction due to the patient's state of health is also in his area of responsibility, since he was obliged to inform the doctor about diseases before the operation.
