A new method for the correction of small pixie earlobe deformities.
A fair number of patients show pixie earlobe deformities in East Asia. Some of them also show small earlobes. They request their earlobes enlarged, in addition to the correction of the pixie earlobe deformities. In this article, I propose a new method for the simultaneous correction of the pixie earlobe and the small earlobe deformities. The pixie earlobe deformities were corrected by an upward lifting of a V-shaped flap. The earlobe expansion was performed using autogenous conchal cartilage and dermafat harvested from the paracoccygeal region. The method provides not only mediolateral expansion of the earlobe but also marginal expansion. Between 2002 and 2005, both ears of 6 patients were corrected using this method. The final esthetic results were gratifying to the patients, as well as to the surgeon.
Park
Chul
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Seoul Center for Developmental Ear Anomalies, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. chul-park@korea.ac.kr
D000328:Adult; D004425:Ear Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation*; D004431:Ear, External / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps