Category: Otoplasty

Surgical techniques called Otoplasty aim to give the auricle a more anatomical and natural appearance. Otoplasty procedures fall into two categories: cartilage splitting (cutting) and cartilage sparing. Large chunks of auricular cartilage are moved about during cartilage-splitting procedures by making incisions in the cartilage. By shaping cartilage into more useful angles and curves, cartilage-sparing procedures