Macrotia surgery costs and options - both ears

Mr Gault is able to reduce the ears at the upper poles, or at the lobes or both.  

 

 https://www.earreconstruction.co.uk/ear-problems/large-ears-macrotia-lobes

https://www.earreconstruction.co.uk/ear-correction/ear-reduction

 

His fee for upper pole ear reduction surgery is £3995 including one follow-up.   If you have a general anaesthetic or intravenous (IV) sedation, then there is an additional fee of £425 for the anaesthetist.  If you have a local anaesthetic (LA), then there is an additional fee of £350. The hospital’s fee depends on which one you choose, but in every case a local anaesthetic procedure is cheaper than a general anaesthetic one, or one with IV sedation, and an out-patient procedure (Walk-in, walk-out (WIWO)) is cheaper than a day case (DC) stay. You would need to stay in hospital as a day case if you chose to have a general anaesthetic (GA)or IV sedation but it would be unusual to require a night’s stay in hospital.

For a GA, you add together the surgical, anaesthetic and hospital fees, for example:  £3995 + £425 + £2636 approximately is the cheapest currently.

For an LA, you add together the surgical, anaesthetic and hospital fees, for example: £3995 + £350 + £995 is the cheapest currently.

 

Mr Gault’s fee for ear and ear lobe reduction surgery (ie upper and lower pole) is £4995 including one follow-up.   If you have a general anaesthetic or IV sedation, then there is an additional fee of £545 for the anaesthetist.  If you have a local anaesthetic, then there is an additional fee of £450.

The cheapest option is a walk-in, walk-out procedure. 

For a GA, you add together the surgical, anaesthetic and hospital fees, for example: £4995 + £545 + £2636 is the cheapest currently.

For an LA, you add together the surgical, anaesthetic and hospital fees, for example: £4995 + £450 + £1545  is the cheapest currently.

 

Ear lobe reduction surgery, which takes about one hour, is normally performed under local anaesthetic as a walk-in, walk-out case. After surgery the lobes are covered with some flesh-coloured tape.  Sutures are removed at approximately seven days,  at which point the scars will look slightly red.  Treatment with Dermatix settles the redness more quickly.  There are no health implications or risks to hearing.

 

Mr Gault’s fee for reduction of both ear lobes only is £1875 including one follow-up appointment.  There is an additional £260 fee for the local anaesthetic.  The cheapest hospital at which to have the surgery is 25 Harley Street (hospital fee £550 approximately).  Although unusual, you could also have the surgery under general anaesthetic, in which case there is an additional anaesthetic fee of £495, and the hospital fee would rise to approximately £2636. 

 

Mr Gault’s fee for reduction of both ear lobes and a change of attachment of the lobes is £1995 including one follow-up appointment.  There is an additional £320 fee for the local anaesthetic.   The cheapest hospital at which to have the surgery is 25 Harley Street (hospital fee £550 approximately).  Although unusual, you could also have the surgery under general anaesthetic, in which case there is an additional anaesthetic fee of £525, and the hospital fee would rise to approximately £2690. 

 

Hospital fees do not include painkillers to take home, but you would be much better advised to buy these over-the-counter because Paracetamol from the hospital is extremely expensive.