Otoplasty is a #surgery to correct extremely prominent ears or #batears. The #Mustarde technique of #otoplasty involves making a long incision on the back of the ear and removing a strip of skin. The skin is dissected from the cartilage between the edge of the ear (helix) and the place where the ear is attached to the head (sulcus posterior), thus exposing the cartilage on the back of the #ear. It is therefore assigned to the open #earpinning methods. The #antihelix fold is bent more strongly or