Are there ever circumstances where non surgical ear pinning works?
Possibly, but only for newborn infants and it must be performed by a qualified doctor. According to one doctor’s website that performs the procedure, the cartilage on a baby’s ear is very soft during the first week after surgery because of hormones. During this time, a qualified doctor/plastic surgeon may be able to improve some congenital ear deformities using special molding material. Unfortunately, this only works during the first week after birth and there are few doctors in the world trained to perform this so called non surgical ear pinning. In addition, it’s probably not worth putting them through the trauma. Okay so non surgical ear pinning isn’t an option. So what are my options? Your options will be a plastic surgery procedure known as otoplasty (the medical term for ear pinning). Otoplasty surgeons generally reduce the projection of the ear by taking out a small piece of cartilage in back of the ears. By doing so, the ears will be able to sit closer. Sometimes an otoplasty s
