Many of our Houston otoplasty patients will ask if we perform cartilage sparing or cartilage cutting otoplasty when pinning the ears. With cartilage cutting otoplasty, small pieces of the ear cartilage will be removed in order to bend the cartilage more easily. Dr. Funk usually reserves this for older patients with very firm cartilage who have ears that are extremely protruding and need lots of correction. For other patients, Dr. Funk prefers cartilage sparing otoplasty which utilizes sutures or stitches to bend the cartilage to its new pinned form. Dr. Funk prefers this as he finds cartilage cutting techniques can lead to irregularities that will show through the thin ear skin.
Dr. Funk performs otoplasty or ear pinning in Houston Texas.
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