We’ll show who treats it and what it costs.
12 Orynbor St. Look for the blue façade with the eye sign.
Prominent ear correction · a clinic of eye microsurgery and aesthetic medicine
Prominent ear correction · RB CLINIC, Astana
Ears you’ve hidden under your hair since childhood lie flat after a single operation. The scar stays in the fold behind the ear.
Now: the ear stands away from the head, and from behind you can see its whole back
Not a diagram — a real clinic patient. In the morning the ear shows under the haircut; by midday it lies flat. The whole day in photos
Choose who the surgery is for — we’ll explain the anaesthesia.
Step one — two photos of your ears on WhatsApp: from the front and from behind. The surgeon will reply with what can be done
Honestly, before you book
Parents ask “will it hurt?”, adults ask “will people see I’ve had something done?”. We answer here, not “at the consultation”: everything we can tell you in advance is on this page.
Does it hurt?
Adults have otoplasty under local anaesthesia: you’re awake and can talk to the surgeon. That’s exactly how the patient in the clinic’s video below had both ears done.
“It didn’t hurt at all. The only thing was, it was awkward sleeping on the other side”Arina, a month after otoplasty · from the surgeon’s video
From what age?
The ear grows faster than the head and is nearly adult-sized by the time school starts. That’s why otoplasty is often done before year one — before anyone at school can call them “sticky-out ears”.
For adults there’s no upper age limit: tests and the examination decide. The videos below show adult patients, and their ears lie just as flat.
Will it show?
The incision goes where nobody looks: the fold where the ear meets the head. Once the ear lies flat, the ear itself covers that fold.
The clinic’s own footage
Morning: a consultation and “we just need to pull it in a little”. Afternoon: a profile with the ear lying flat. These aren’t pictures from the internet: RB CLINIC patients and the hands of the surgeon who operates on ears. Drag a row with your finger or tap a frame — it opens full size with a caption.
Walk through the clinic — 8 rooms in a minuteStarting with the operating roomThe surgeon on camera
Tears before surgery, the first look in the mirror after — and the patient on the result in their own words. Videos play here without sound. Reels open on Instagram; the clinic’s videos play right here, with sound.
“Don’t cry, it won’t take long — half an hour or so”. The right ear now matches the left
“Set to aesthetic norms, everything symmetrical”. Consultation and result on the same day
The same patient — on otoplasty in his own words
Tap a video — it opens right here, with sound.
Otoplasty with Dr. Nurmagambetov: the patient tells in his own words how it went
@dr.bigeldiyevOtoplasty with Dr. Nurmagambetov: the patient tells in his own words how it went
Nurmagambetov Azamat MaratovichEyelids and otoplasty
Who operates
At RB CLINIC in Astana, otoplasty is done by one surgeon — and he does the consultation too. You won’t end up with a “doctor on duty”: whoever examines your ears at the consultation is the one who operates.
Surgeon: otoplasty and eyelids
An ENT surgeon by training: internship and residency in otorhinolaryngology. At RB CLINIC he operates on ears and performs blepharoplasty.
otoplasty 200,000 ₸ per ear
For him the ear is a working area, not just a shape. Otoplasty is surgery on cartilage: the surgeon doesn’t just press the ear back, he creates the missing fold — the antihelix. That way the ear holds its position by itself and doesn’t spring back.
Like a good tailor: he doesn’t pin the fabric, he re-sews the seam — and the garment fits without pins.
A price with no surprises
At RB CLINIC, otoplasty costs 200,000 ₸ per ear and 400,000 ₸ for both ears. These are prices from the surgeon’s price list, not “from… and up”. Pick three options — we’ll put together the message to the surgeon, and all you do is tap “Send”.
Otoplasty, one ear
Price list of surgeon Nurmagambetov, 11.11.2025. The price list is not a public offer.
For parents
A child doesn’t notice their ears until someone points them out. Usually it happens at school. That’s why parents from Astana and other cities come for otoplasty in the summer before year one or during the holidays — so there’s nothing to talk about in September.
Once the ear is nearly adult-sized — surgery won’t stop it growing further.
Holidays work best: after surgery your child needs time off PE and away from hats that press on the ears.
Don’t promise “you won’t feel a thing” — promise the truth: “there’ll be an injection, then your ears will look like everyone else’s”. Show them the before-and-after photos from the videos above: children find it easier when they know how it all ends.
Bring a favourite toy or a tablet with a cartoon — the time at the clinic will go faster.
RB CLINIC is an eye microsurgery clinic. While your child is here, you can also have their eyes checked by a paediatric ophthalmologist: short-sightedness in the school years is best caught before a child starts squinting at the board.
Paediatric ophthalmologist consultationWho needs otoplasty
Otoplasty is plastic surgery on the outer ear: the surgeon changes its shape and position. Most often it corrects prominent ears. The operation doesn’t affect hearing: the work is on the cartilage and skin outside, and it doesn’t go near the ear canal.
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After surgery
Your ears look different straight away — on the day of surgery. After that you need a little patience: protect your ears while the cartilage gets used to its new position. Arina, a fitness coach, described how it went in the surgeon’s video a month after her otoplasty.
Call straight away if: the ear is very painful, swollen or red, or the bandage is soaked with blood. The clinic’s number is +7 771 848 00 00.
Questions
At RB CLINIC, otoplasty costs 200,000 ₸ per ear and 400,000 ₸ for both ears, per the surgeon’s price list. Follow-up checks for three months after surgery are free. The surgeon will give the exact amount for your case after the examination.
Only the anaesthetic injection hurts. Adults have otoplasty under local anaesthesia: during surgery you feel touch, not pain, and you can talk to the surgeon. A month after surgery, one patient said her ears didn’t hurt — it was just awkward sleeping on her side.
Not from the front. The incision is made on the back of the ear, in the fold where the ear meets the head. Once the ear lies flat, the ear itself covers that fold. See the patient’s profile on the day of surgery in the “One patient, one day” section.
Yes. If one ear sticks out, otoplasty is done on that ear alone: the surgeon sets it so it matches the other one. The price is 200,000 ₸ per ear. That’s what happened for the patient in the surgeon’s reel: the right ear was made to match the left.
Before otoplasty on one ear, the surgeon promised the patient: “it won’t take long — half an hour or so”. Both sides take longer. The surgeon will tell you at the consultation how long your operation will take — it depends on the amount of work.
One patient, a fitness coach, only cut back on training for a short while after otoplasty, and a month later she was out without a bandage, wearing ponytails and plaits. The surgeon will set out your own routine after surgery.
The surgeon is Nurmagambetov Azamat Maratovich, an ENT surgeon by training. At the clinic he both operates on ears and does the consultations. You can book with him via WhatsApp on this page.
Tapes and silicone correctors hide prominent ears while you wear them, but they don’t change the cartilage shape in a school-age child or an adult: take them off and the ears stick out again. Only otoplasty corrects prominent ears for the long term, because the surgeon creates the cartilage fold that’s missing.
No. Otoplasty changes the shape and position of the outer ear — the cartilage and skin on the outside. The operation doesn’t touch the ear canal or the middle ear.
Send two photos of your ears on WhatsApp — from the front and from behind, in daylight, hair tied back. The surgeon will look and reply with what can be done, and the administrator will find a consultation time. The clinic is at 12 Orynbor St, Astana; the number is +7 771 848 00 00.
Booking
Two photos on WhatsApp — from the front and from behind, hair tied back, by a window. The surgeon will look and tell you what can be done for your ears or your child’s, and how much it will cost. You can write at any time.
If you don’t need surgery, we’ll tell you so.
