Ears that sit in balance, rebuilt in stages — with the limits stated honestly.
The ear reconstruction and otoplasty service of Chongqing West District Hospital corrects prominent ears, releases a buried upper ear, repairs lobes torn or stretched by piercing, and rebuilds ears lost to injury or underdeveloped from birth. Every plan is staged, explained in plain English, and backed by the full resources of a tertiary general hospital.
Ears are never perfectly symmetrical after surgery. We would rather tell you that before the operation than after it.
- Evidence-based care
- Staged planning, honestly explained
- Cartilage-first reconstruction
- Tertiary-hospital safety net
An ear is rebuilt around the tissue you have
Whether the problem is a prominent ear in a six-year-old, a lobe split by an earring, or an ear missing since birth, the same three principles govern the plan.
Assess & agree the goal
We measure both ears, examine the skin and cartilage, and ask what actually bothers you. Then we say plainly what an operation can and cannot change — including the asymmetry that remains afterward.
Operate with a hospital behind it
Real ear surgery deserves real safety: hospital-grade anesthesia, preoperative workup, and theatre-level care for the moments that matter. Where reconstruction needs a rib cartilage harvest, that backstop is not theoretical.
Protect & refine over a year
Cartilage heals slowly and skin over a framework is fragile. Staged intervals, careful dressings, scar care and long-term review are part of the treatment, not an afterthought.
Specialists within a tertiary hospital
Ear surgery draws on the leadership of the Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics Medical Center: a director who leads the surgical plan, an aesthetic surgeon, a laser and skin specialist for scar aftercare, and a dermatologist for the skin that must cover a framework.
Shaoliang Wang, MD (王韶亮)
Plastic Surgery · Center Director
Center Director and the physician responsible for this site's ear surgery content; flap and soft-tissue reconstruction, scar management, and the correction of failed operations from elsewhere, with 20+ years of tertiary-hospital surgical experience.
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Tongchun Mao, MD (毛彤春)
Aesthetic Surgery · Deputy Director
Deputy Director and head of aesthetic surgery; detailed work on facial features and the aesthetic judgement that decides where an incision should sit and how a repaired ear should be balanced against the face.
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Ke He, MD (何锞)
Skin & Laser Aesthetics · Deputy Director
Head of skin and laser aesthetics; leads scar prevention and laser management of redness and thickness in the scars behind a repaired or reconstructed ear, with 20+ years of laser experience.
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Yongbo Jia, MD (贾勇波)
Dermatology · Deputy Director
Head of dermatology; assesses the skin that must cover a framework, treats the eczema and infections that can threaten it, and provides the dermatologic aftercare a healing ear depends on.
View profile →Ear surgery, explained honestly
Start with the basics: what each procedure can and cannot achieve, how many stages it takes, the scars it costs, the risks worth knowing, and what long-term follow-up looks like.
Ear Anatomy and What Normal Means
How the ear is built, why no two ears match, and the three questions that separate an ordinary variation in ear shape from a condition that deserves assessment.
Read the guide →Prominent Ear Correction (Otoplasty)
What otoplasty does, how it is performed, the age question, and the honest limits of the operation including the real possibility of recurrence.
Read the guide →Cryptotia: Infant Splinting and When Surgery Is Needed
The hidden upper ear: why it happens, why early splinting can avoid surgery altogether in infants, and what surgical release involves once that window has passed.
Read the guide →Earlobe Reconstruction and Repair
Split earlobes, torn piercings and stretched lobes: why a torn lobe never heals by itself, how each is repaired, and when it is safe to be re-pierced.
Read the guide →Rebuilding an Ear After Injury, Bite or Burn
Rebuilding an ear after a bite, burn or blunt injury: what can be salvaged immediately, what must wait, and the honest limits of repair in scarred tissue.
Read the guide →Revising a Previous Ear Reconstruction
Revising an ear reconstruction that has failed, resorbed or fallen short: why a second operation is harder than the first, and what it can honestly achieve.
Read the guide →We will not sell you certainty we do not have
No surgeon can promise two matching ears, a scar that disappears, or that one operation will be enough. Anyone who does is not giving you honest medical advice. Our job is to help you decide well — even when the right decision is to wait, to stage the plan, or not to operate at all.
Ready to discuss your ear surgery questions?
Reach out for a consultation. We will assess the ear, explain the options and stages, and plan correction or reconstruction with you — including what it cannot achieve.
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