Otoplasty: Plastic Surgery to Repair and Reshape The Ear

Image via Wikipedia Most people know a few others who have had otoplasty. Not too many people would recognize the term as referring to plastic surgery for the outer ear. Otoplasty holds the interesting position of being a form of cosmetic surgery performed on more children than adults. The reason for this is that many times otoplasty repairs genetic defects of the auricle or outer ear more often than it does damage caused by trauma or surgery. Protruding ears are the number one reason