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Adults and children are usually up and around within a few hours of surgery. The patient's head will be wrapped in a bulky bandage immediately following surgery to promote the best molding and healing. The ears may throb or ache a little for a few days, but this can be relieved by medication. It's important to rest quietly at home for about a week. This means one week off school or work.

 

 

 

 

Within a week the bulky bandages will be replaced by a lighter head dressing similar to a headband. Be sure to follow your surgeon's directions for wearing this dressing, especially at night.

Dr Lista usually uses dissolving stitches and these most often disappear in about a week.

Any activity in which the ear might be bent should be avoided for a month or so. Most of our adult Toronto, Ontario ear surgery patients can go back to work about a week after surgery. Children can go back to school after seven days or so, if they're careful about playground activity.