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Thousands of ear surgeries, or otoplasties, are performed successfully each year. The surgery is performed in your doctor's office-based facility, in an outpatient surgical facility, or in the hospital. You will either be awake and pain-free (using local anesthesia that numbs the area around the ears), or asleep and pain-free (using general anesthesia). The procedure lasts about two hours, depending on the extent of the surgery.
In most cases incisions are made in the back of the ear, and skin is removed to expose the ear cartilage. Sutures are then used to fold the cartilage in order to reshape the ear. Sometimes the same result is achieved without sutures, by cutting or abrading the cartilage before folding it. The ear is then brought closer to the head by creating a more pronounced fold (antihelix) in the central portion of the ear.
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