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What is the best age for auricle reconstruction?
The child's condition belongs to congenital ear malformation.

See the deformity on the surface of the body

At present, the best surgical method is skin expansion combined with autogenous costal cartilage scaffold transplantation for ear reconstruction.

The operation was performed in the third stage:

Stage 1: ear skin expander implantation

The second stage: autologous costal cartilage ear bracket implantation and auricle reconstruction. The third stage: reconstructed auricle repair.

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Ear reconstruction surgery is not complicated and requires high technology, so we must choose carefully: standardize the hospital and find plastic surgery experience;

Considering all factors (cartilage development, children's psychology, etc.). ), the age of 5-6 years old affects the child's psychological development and makes the child's ears happy before the age of surgery.