Bat Ear

Bat ear are the protrusion of the ears. This may affect one, or both the ears in the same way. The reason for it comes down to the fact of malnourished cartilage when the child was inside the womb of his mother.

A child dealing with such a problem may become socially withdrawn as he faces negligence and even bullying, in many instances, in his school. To pull up the confidence of the child, parents consider this treatment and consulting a doctor for a right way approach to it. Bat ear or prominent ear or otapostasis, are the many names given to it.

Once the child goes through the dilemma of facing his friends in school as he fears being ridiculed, the child in these cases, mostly, avoid schools by giving false excuses. It’s the parent’s duty, to come forward in comforting their child, boosting up their confidence and also taking the necessary measures.

One such ‘to go’ step is to take their child to a doctor. The doctor gives an appointment to them and on the day of the surgery, the bat ear is put to correction!

Surgery

The surgery is not a much complicated one, the doctor rectifies the ear by reconstructing the cartilage and making it appear less protrusive. This is done under the affect of general anesthesia. The doctor mostly uses dissolvable stitches and thereafter, bandages the head of the patient.

Aftercare

The surgery, though a minor one, requires care to keep infections at bay. The head bandage can be opened after two days and replaced with lighter dressings. The child is not hospitalized in such surgeries. The aftercare to the treatment is important so as to maintain the intactment of the surgery. Although, a light bandage covers the surgical site, it must be looked after that no water, pollutants enter in that area. Taking a shower also means, to keep the head area dry. After few weeks of recovery, the child heads back to get a normal life.

This surgery calls for a permanent cure to the bat ears. In very few cases, the protrusion of the ear may reoccur or an infection in the site of the surgery may take place. They both are rare occurrences, do there is not much need to be apprehensive. If proper after care is taken, then the reoccurrence to the bat ear is easily avoided.