Otoplasty | Ear Plastic Surgery – Avoiding the Revision Surgery by Seattle | Bellevue Dr. Philip Young: One of the key things in otoplasty surgery is you really want to get the best results the first time and not have to do a Revision Otoplasty. I see patients from all over the united states and I discussed revision otoplasty in a book that is coming out soon. One thing that I see commonly from patients that come to me basically from all over the world is over reduction and over pinning. The hardest part to overcome, surprisingly, is the lack of skin or the skin defect. On my revision otoplasty page I discuss how to overcome this with skin flaps from the local area, skin grafts from other areas to help with this element. This is the hardest to overcome in my opinion. Then you have to worry about the cartilage defect.  Because ear cartilage is one of the areas that you can harvest cartilage, the lack of another source is a large issue.  This is when I consider medpor for this element. Also you can consider rib cartilage or septal | nose cartilage as a replacement graft. Below is a otoplasty revision where we used ear cartilage, med por, skin grafts, temporalis superficial fascial pedicled flap, and fascia to reconstruct the antihelix:

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Earlobe repair for earlobe gauging by Dr. Philip Young of Bellevue | Seattle: I read some of the pricing on this page. I would think that most of the estimates are rather low. I charge in the range between 3-4000 for both ears when an earlobe plastic surgery reconstruction is done.  For one ear it ranges between 2-3000. It does depend on the severity of the hole that is being repaired. But after gauging, the flaps are large and this is not an easy procedure that is if you want a great result. I think if you don’t really care about the outcome a great deal then you might consider choosing a less expensive route. But you do get what you pay for sometimes.

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Earlobe repair for torn earlobe how much will that cost by of Dr. Philip Young Bellevue | Seattle: In general it will cost somewhere in the range of 500-5000 for otoplasty earlobe repair depending on who you go to and what area it is. It doesn’t mean that if you spend more you are going to get a better result all the time.  But sometimes, you do get what you pay for as they say.  When the costs are higher you are going to have to see if the facial plastic surgeon is going to really put in the effort to give you the best outcome.  You should see if this will cover all of the post procedure follow ups etc and other costs.  Let’s say that you need additional work to make the result better. Most surgeons, in this case, will charge you the cost of doing the procedure but waive the surgeon fee within the first 6 months to a year.  For just a torn earlobe the pricing should be below 5000 and closer to 1-3000.

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Dr Young specializes in Facial Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

A frequent question that people have is how much does otoplasty / ear plastic surgery / ear shaping surgery / ear reshaping surgery cost.  There are some resources for the average cost of otoplasty that range from 2500-3000 for the surgeons fee.  That doesn’t include the costs for the facility and for the anesthesia and anesthesiologist.  The fee for the facility ranges from 500-2000.  The fee for the anesthesiologist ranges from 200-1000.  So the range for an otoplasty can be from 3200-6000.  We have a surgical facility near us and they charge 650 for the first hour for the anesthesiologist and each additional hour is 300 for each additional hour.  The facility is 1000 for the first hour and each additional hour is 500.   Sometimes, otoplasty is done for just one ear.  The costs for this can be lower. Usually surgeons reduce the price a little bit for otoplasty for 2 ears instead of one.  So you will usually pay a premium for the one ear.

It is good to find out what the average price for otoplasty is for your area.  You can do this by going to multiple consultations.  Sometimes you get what you pay for, as they say.  Somewhere in the average might be a good idea, at least do consider someone that is extraordinarily above the others unless there is compelling evidence that you think that person will do the job that justifies the pricing you receive.

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Dr Young specializes in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

There are many ways to do this incisionless otoplasty.  But this can mean many different things.  When children are very young like less than 3 months old, you can mold the ear to permanently take on a new shape by just external molds. We have a system that does this.  But when you are a teen you need more involved approaches.  There are ways to do the incisionless technique but these methods are often less reliable than traditional techniques.  I often do incisionless otoplasty / ear reshaping through small punctures in the front of the ear to shape the ear.  These are better when the main cause of your ear appearance is due to a lack of fold in the periphery of the ear.  If the reason for your concern is due to the ear being too prominent because the base of the ear is too developed, the incisionless technique is even more less reliable.  The traditional technique can be done under local or iv sedation and is essentially a minimally invasive procedure and done through incisions in the back of the ear that usually heals imperceptibly in the back of the ear and as a whole.

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Dr Young specializes in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington