Otoplasty 01

There are very few occasions when a six year old child will beg her parents to take her to the doctor. One such situation arises when the child is being teased about her ears. This is common with outstanding ears. Although, in the adult, the correction is usually preformed under local anesthesia, a general is preferred in the case of a small child. Interestingly, the human ear has achieved 85% of the adult size by age 6.