Archives of Craniofacial Surgery (대한두개안면성형외과학회지)

Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (대한두개안면성형외과학회)
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Correction of pixie ear: infraauricular skin redraping method

  • Kim, Jun Hyeok (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Yang, Young Bin (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Oh, Deuk Young (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • Received : 2022.05.18
  • Accepted : 2022.08.20
  • Published : 2022.08.20
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Abstract

Patients with pixie ear have an attached, tapering, and low-set earlobe. Traditional methods usually describe excision of the caudal portion of the lobule and reattachment in a more superior position. The present report suggests a simplified skin redraping method for correction of pixie ear. The procedure provides easy method to design and perform, which only requires elevation and trimming of the skin. Other ancillary procedures, such as flap design, anchoring, plication, and subdermal fixation, are not required. This method produces satisfactory results. Postoperative scar is invisible because the incision is on the retroauricular region, and the corrected earlobe has a more natural appearance than the repositioned earlobe. Moreover, skin redraping avoids tension, which contributes to minimization of the postoperative scar.

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