Prominent Ear Surgery

At our plastic surgery practice in Denver, prominent ear surgery, technically called otoplasty, tucks the ears back closer to the head giving them a less prominent appearance. This allows you to wear your hair back without concern for over projection of your ears. Men and women—or children—come to our practice for otoplasty from Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, and throughout Colorado.

Ear Surgery
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This is a 31 year old female who underwent an otoplasty.  Post-operative pictures are from 2 months after surgery.

Surgeon: Steven D. Vath, M.D.

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Surgeon: Paul M. Steinwald, M.D.

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This is a 34 year old woman who complained about prominent ears. She underwent an otoplasty procedure in order to set her ears back. Dr. Vath used three otoplasty techniques in order to achieve a more aesthetic ear appearance: 1) sutures placed in the cartilage behind the ear to create the upper ear fold and pull the upper ear back... Read More

Surgeon: Steven D. Vath, M.D.

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Surgeon: Paul M. Steinwald, M.D.

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This is a 33 year old woman with prominent ears. She underwent an otoplasty using multiple techniques including conchal cartilage excision, conchamastoid sutures, and conchascaphal sutures. Her post-operative pictures are from 6 months after surgery. Read More

Surgeon: Steven D. Vath, M.D.

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This is a 10 year old girl who was bothered by her prominent ears. She underwent an otoplasty procedure in order to reshape the ear and set back the ears closer to her head. This was accomplished through small incisions made behind the ear and using suture techniques to bend the ear cartilage into a less prominent position. Post-operativ... Read More

Surgeon: Steven D. Vath, M.D.

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17 year-old female with prominent ear deformity (lack of a fold, full "bowl" of ear) since childhood.  Underwent ear reshaping or "otoplasty" under light general and local anesthesia as an outpatient, with creation of an "antihelical fold" and bowl area pinning/setback, which she tolerated well.  Sutures on the back of the ear were... Read More

Surgeon: Paul M. Steinwald, M.D.

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40 year-old who wished to undergo a unilateral otoplasty (right side only) to balance her ears. This was accomplished under light general anesthesia, via a posterior (back-of-ear) approach with minimal bruising, irritation or discomfort; photos are from approximately 2 months post-op. If you have similar issues and live in or near Denver, an... Read More

Surgeon: Paul M. Steinwald, M.D.

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The Center for Cosmetic Surgery has two plastic surgery offices conveniently located in the Denver metropolitan area. One is located just outside of Denver in lovely Golden, Colorado immediately off 6th Ave West and the other is located downtown in Cherry Creek, Denver. Please schedule a personal consultation to learn what ear surgery can do for you. Simply call  (303) 278-2600  or request your consultation online.

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