Question:
Is it safe to go diving after having otoplasty? I had the surgery 5 months ago and the recovery has gone great. I am leaving for my honeymoon in a few weeks and I’m wondering if I will be able to go scuba diving. Do you think it will be safe?
Answer:
Yes it is safe to go diving after an otoplasty. We usually like patients to wear a ski band at night for six weeks to help and assist when the patient rolls around in their sleep and it assists in the healing. However, scuba diving several months after is of no concern.
About the Author: Dr. Edwin Williams
Dr. Edwin Williams is a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon who founded The Williams Center in 1993. He has performed over 10,000 facial plastic surgery procedures and has pioneered the deep plane facelift. He served on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery for over a decade, and served as President from 2015-2016. In 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, Dr. Williams earned the Castle Connelly Top Doctors award in New York Facial Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Edwin F. Williams III attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1982. He began medical school at the State University of Buffalo School of Medicine and received his Doctor of Medicine in 1986.
Dr. Williams is actively involved in teaching facial plastic and reconstruction surgery to the residents of the Albany Medical Center and is former Chief of the Section of Facial and Plastic Reconstruction Surgery at Albany Medical Center where he received an academic appointment of Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery.