"My Daughter was born with both ears folded down (Rim Kink) and after an intense 3+ hour labor I thought it would fix itself. I heard mixed opinions from hospital and paediatrician office that it would stay or was told it would unfold after some time. My daughter was born January 21, 2018 and after a few weeks of noticing it didn’t get better, perhaps a little worse, I knew my husband and I had to do something especially since she is a female and would want to wear her hair up and accessorize with earrings and I didn’t want to draw attention to the issue one day. My mom actually assisted me with research and found EarBuddies and we are so very fortunate that we found your miracle product!!! Before I purchased the splints I even took my daughter to see a pediatric plastic surgeon who recommended another specialist in Philadelphia that does ear splints. When I called for an appointment they told me they did not see babies after 6 weeks so I was already about a month too late by the time I got the push to try and fix the issue (at first I was OK with leaving as is and praying she would grow out of it).
Left Ear before EarBuddies
I read everything online about EarBuddies and loved the feedback from parents. I ordered the end of April and it shipped super quick. I was able to begin splinting beginning of May and directions were easy to follow and came with all the supplies clearly marked. The first splinting was a little tough but after that it got easier and I learned that the splints needed to be changed when my daughter was asleep so she didn’t move around. I splinted both ears for 12 weeks and would change at every 10-14 days to check progress and clean. The left ear made almost perfect improvement and you cannot notice there was ever an issue.
February - Left Ear before EarBuddies
April - Left Ear before EarBuddies
End of Splintage - 4th August
End of Splintage - 7th August
The right ear made huge improvement and there is still a slight dip in the cartilage that unfortunately couldn’t be corrected but possibly will bend up and get better as her ear grows and hardens more. The wipes that are given to remove tape are miraculous!!! They take the tape off skin/hair without pulling and hurting. I even ordered more wipes and tape midway of splinting and they shipped and delivered less than a week to get to US!!!!
February - Right Ear before EarBuddies
May 4th - Right Ear before EarBuddies
End of Splintage - 4th August
End of Splintage - 7th August
I would highly recommend this product to any parent that ever faced this issue. I’m so mad hospitals and pediatricians aren’t more aware of this and give info to parents, especially the pediatrician office. My pediatrician office was so happy with the results and thought the product was awesome!!!! I’m so happy that I made it through the splinting process and never gave up hope. I feel like me daughter will one day see what we did for her and be so thankful that we took a chance. Huge kudos to EarBuddies for creating the product and making it so easy to use and having such helpful customer service staff to answer inquiries. I’m so happy we found you and took this chance to help our daughter (even though she is perfect in our eyes)!! No regrets at all."
