Type
Otoplasty
Duration
2 hours
What's included
5 deliverables in this treatment
- Surgical consultation with cartilage assessment
- Otoplasty under local anaesthesia (one or both ears)
- Moulded protective dressing and headband guidance
- Suture care and post-operative checks
- Permanent cartilage reshaping using suture techniques
Otoplasty at Renomé Clinic corrects protruding or asymmetric ears by reshaping the cartilage through an incision hidden in the fold behind the ear. The surgeon recreates the missing antihelical fold and/or reduces an overdeveloped conchal bowl, setting the ear into a natural position — typically 15–20 mm from the head. The procedure takes about an hour per side under local anaesthesia; a protective headband is worn full-time for the first week and at night for several more. Otoplasty is suitable from school age onward, and results are permanent.
About this treatment
Protruding ears are the most common congenital aesthetic ear variation, usually caused by an underdeveloped antihelical fold (the Y-shaped cartilage ridge inside the ear rim), an oversized conchal bowl, or both. Otoplasty addresses the actual cartilage anatomy rather than just pinning the ear back.
Technique
Through a 3–4 cm incision in the retroauricular fold (the natural crease where the ear meets the head), the surgeon exposes the cartilage and recreates the antihelical fold using permanent shaping sutures (Mustardé technique) and/or controlled cartilage scoring; an oversized concha is reduced or set back with sutures to the mastoid fascia (Furnas technique). Because the incision sits entirely behind the ear, the scar is invisible from the front and most…
Good to know
- Anaesthesia
- Local; day procedure
- Procedure time
- ~60 min per ear
- Headband
- 1 week full-time, then nights for 4–6 weeks
- Result
- Permanent
Who is this for?
Protruding ears in adults and school-age children, ear asymmetry, reconstruction of ear shape after minor deformity
About the clinic
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Clinical team
Fifteen physicians led by chief plastic surgeon MUDr. Juraj Payer, Ph.D., FEBOPRAS. Plastic surgeons include MUDr. Miroslav Dolejš (formerly University Hospital Plzeň plastic surgery department, 2006–2021), MUDr. Andrej Berkeš, MUDr. Filip Čaniga, MUDr. Elbek Rashidov, MUDr. Lubor Mrňa, MUDr. Michal Dychus, MUDr. Michal Makeľ Ph.D., MUDr. Miloš Križko, MUDr. Peter Chovan, MUDr. Radek Lhotský, and MUDr. Vojtěch…
Languages: Czech, English, German
Treatment highlights
- Surgical consultation with cartilage assessment
- Otoplasty under local anaesthesia (one or both ears)
+3 more items in What's included
Ear reshaping and correction from 12,000 Kč. Adults and adolescents are treated under local anaesthesia as a day procedure; the final price depends on whether one or both ears are corrected and the complexity of the cartilage reshaping.