The surgery

The technique currently used for prominent ear correction uses incisions behind the ears. Through these incisions the ear cartilage is reduced in size and missing folds are created.

The operation will largely correct the obvious prominence of the main body of the ear but there may still be a tendency for either the lobe, or the top of the ear to protrude further from the head than the middle part. Every effort is made to avoid this type of protrusion but sometimes it is unavoidable because of inherent differences in the texture of the cartilage framework of the ear.