The Furnas technique is used to correct deformities of the superior two-thirds of the ear by addressing conchal excess. In general, an ellipse of skin is excised in the postauricular sulcus in the upper two­thirds of the ear, not the lower one-third. This will then expose the posterior auricular muscles and ligaments which are then divided and resected. Several mattress sutures are then used to attach conchal cartilage to the mastoid fascia (Fig. 50.4). Another conchal shaping maneuver is the Mustardé technique which is used to correct the prominent ear deformity with a poorly defined antihelical fold by creating and securing an antihelical fold with two to four horizontal mattress fixation sutures. A pos­terior skin excision is made once again, exposing the cartilage at which point full-thickness sutures are placed in order to better define the antihelical fold. This maneuver is almost never performed in isola­tion (Fig. 50.5).