Here's photos of the ear from day 11 as the mold came off, through day 17. I notice the lack of redness in the last few photos, which make it look like the canal hasn't gotten much deeper. However, in real life, the canal is deeper, it's just hard to show in photos. I also see a big difference in where the new ear was sewn to my rotated ear lobe in terms of swelling and how that affects how the lobe looks and sits. Also, today's picture looks VERY clean compared to the rest. I think a lot of that is because Dr. Griffiths was able to remove some of the dead skin from the ear yesterday. So, while each day usually cleans up some, there is a big difference between yesterday and today because it was cleaned more than just by taking a shower. You will also notice, though, that I think there is a little bit of skin graft in the canal area that has not taken (the area that's really dark/pussy looking). Not sure, but since it's recent as of yesterday, I'm assuming that's what happened. Dr. Griffiths wasn't concerned about it yesterday and just cleaned up the edges. It's just amazing how healed up the skin has gotten! The lack of scarring across the ear lobe is also AMAZING!!!
Here's a few photos to show off the swelling difference from looking at me straight-on. It's looking more and more like an ear in profile. My hair is hiding the very front of the ear in the last picture...
And here's the photos to show the progression of the skin graft area in the lower back that didn't take. Despite the increase in skin discoloration at the bottom, there is definitely a lot less swelling in the back of the ear than when the mold first came off, especially in the last day or two. These pictures don't show it too well, but the stitch line is a lot more healed now too. In Day 13's photo I can really see the two sides of the skin graft that the stitches are holding together. The last two days I can see that the two sides of the grafts have healed together, even though they're not 100% healed yet.
Here's a few photos to show off the swelling difference from looking at me straight-on. It's looking more and more like an ear in profile. My hair is hiding the very front of the ear in the last picture...
And here's the photos to show the progression of the skin graft area in the lower back that didn't take. Despite the increase in skin discoloration at the bottom, there is definitely a lot less swelling in the back of the ear than when the mold first came off, especially in the last day or two. These pictures don't show it too well, but the stitch line is a lot more healed now too. In Day 13's photo I can really see the two sides of the skin graft that the stitches are holding together. The last two days I can see that the two sides of the grafts have healed together, even though they're not 100% healed yet.
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