Cosmetic Surgery, Plastic Surgery Forum - My Daughter Is Having Her Ears Pinned Back

shaftes wrote:

my daughter is having her ears pinned back in 5 weeks ,i am a worried mother ,she is 8 and has wanted it done for 2 years now as so called friends at school have been nasty , telling her shes got bigs ears .I keep wondering if I am doing the right thing letting her have the operation ,will she be in alot of pain afterwards ?

Please can someone tell me what to expect after the operation as I am so worried about it ,thanks :cry:

hello

i had the operation performed on me nearly a year ago when I was 17. I wished I could of had it done years ago. I suffered so much inner stress never mind other people hurting my feelings. I hated my ears sticking out so much - I didn't know of an operation that could force them back until recently.

You are doing the right thing. She wants it done and you're prepared to support her. That is fantastic.

The operation is pretty much straight forward. But the pain she will get can't be predicted. I have read where many people had hardly any pain whereas I suffered a lot of pain. I did have tablets to help it but they were useless. If your daughter suffers pain, the main thing to realise is that it won't last long. I suffered pain for 4 days where it was horrid but there after, the pain was very minimal. After your daughter has had the operation, she will be required to wear badnages for a week, I had to wear them for 8 days, it varies between institution I guess.
Put it this way, she will not get the best sleep she has ever had during the week that's for sure. She will only be allowed to lie on the back of her head. It can become very uncomfortable but I supose you do get used to it. Expect no more than 6 hours a sleep a night. But she might out do this, good on her if she does! After the bandages have come off, she still will only be sleeping on the back of her head as her ears will be swelled up. Around a week post bandages, she will slowly be allowed to sleep on her ears. She may be required to wear a headband for a while after the operation. Many people are expected to wear it 24/7 whereas some are asked just to wear it at night or during the day. I on the other hand was not asked to wear it, and it resulted in my ears coming slightly forward again. I am not in the process of trying to get this operation redone again on the nhs as I am simply not happy with the result.
Since your daughter is young, she will be delicate, so her ears will suit their new position far more easier.

After the bandages have been taken off, she will notice that sticjhes are defined and ears are all biggish and swollen and they virtually stick to her head. This won't last. Her ear will move slightly forward to make them look 'normal', that is why ears are pinned to the head during this operation as ears will come forward a very little bit. Sitches will fade and in the end you won't realise she had the operation.

During the operation and post op, she will go through some phyical pain but she is saving her self a great deal of inner stress and possible bullying in the future. Good luck to her and your self. When she starts to cry over the pain, remember, the pain will go for ever after a few days whereas if she didn't have the operation,s he would probably suffer emotional stress and bullying for years on end and she will never be happy with her self and her self esteem would be so low.