Getting Otoplasty After Years of Hating my Elf Ears - Utah

Hello all! I am 25 and getting an otoplasty surgery tomorrow. Here's my story...

I have always had elf-life ears (see picture. haha). It's bothered me at various times in life, but never been a source of teasing or anything like that, because I have really long hair and bangs and so they never protrude in public quite like they do in this photo. It's more or less been something I've had to notice. I.e., always feel self conscious swimming, or a strong gust of wind, that sort of thing. Or, even just getting out of the shower and looking at myself, I have those days of, "wow my ears really stick out."

Well last March, I got a breast augmentation. When I was looking up procedures, otoplasty caught my eye. I saw the price that one particular surgeon charged and realized otoplasty wasn't that expensive (compared to something like a breast aug). Anyway, around that same time I had a chronic ear infection which doctors finally realized was caused by a hole in my ear drum. So I went and found an ENT to fix the ear drum. At the same time, I mentioned the otoplasty. I was super embarrassed to bring it up, maybe because I feel like I'm a really strong candidate if you know what I mean. ha. He immediately was like "Absolutely" and we talked about options. He's giving me an unreal deal. $1700 for the whole procedure (in his office tomorrow) . I'm actually moving away from my current town next week so I won't have much follow-up care, which makes me really nervous. But I couldn't pass this price up -- he's giving me a good deal since I had the tympanoplasty with him already and we've kind of been discussing this for a long time. The lowest I found before that is like $3800. He's using permanent sutures and I'll just be upfront I don't think he's doing the whole pinning, just the top part for money reasons. But I'm OK with that because it's the top part that really bothers me. There are times I've seen other people's ears that stick out a little and I'll think, 'Oh those are cute.' But it's different when they stick out A LOT. Anyway just a rant.

My only concerns are:
1. Pain. I've watched some Youtube videos people saying its terrible. I've seen others where it's described as "minimal." I'm also not stoked about that big bandage. There's a big event going on in my town on Saturday I was hoping to attend if I felt up for it. Not with a huge bandage..haha.
2. Complications/the ear goes back to the way it was. I'm actually moving to Hawaii in January. I'm worried I'l be in Hawaii and having an infection or something and I won't know what to do. I'm thinking at that point, I'd have to find another ENT to fix it.
3. He's an ENT and I haven't been able to find out his plastic surgeon credentials. He's board certified as an Otolaryngologist but not seeing the plastic surgery. His office door says "facial plastic surgery" though and there are no complaints or anything bad about him. And online it lists otoplasty as one of his procedures And he has hospital credentials at several well-known hospitals. I'm wondering if I'm not able to find the right credential or if ENT qualifies him for this. I don't know. But I'm trusting him.