The incidence of chondritis after burns of the ear is very low if pressure is avoided and silver sulfadiazene or Sulfamylon applied. However, because the treatment of chondritis usually results in markedly distorted external ears, burn care must be aimed at achieving an incidence of zero. We reviewed the cases of patients with chondritis and our treatment of patients with ear burns in an effort to determine why we continue to have a few cases of chondritis. We found that in our Burn Center chondritis after significant ear burns occurs only when we discontinue the standard treatment before total healing or when the standard method is never initiated. Therefore, we now continue pressure prevention and silver sulfadiazene until the ears are totally reepithelialized and use this method even on less significant injuries.