Objective To investigate the feasibility of H-type incision or Λ-type incision in the resection of infected preauricular fistula in children. Methods It was retrospectively analyzed for the clinical data of 175 children with infected preauricular fistula underwent H-type incision or Λ-type incision from January 2013 to July 2018. The children with infective preauricular fistula were treated with "H" incision in 161 cases ("H" group) and "Λ" incision in 14 cases ("Λ" group). Results All patients were successfully operated. All postoperative patients were followed up for 1 to 2 years. The infection rate of postoperative incision was 1.1% (2/175). After dressing change, the infected children recovered well. The survival rate of flap was 100% (175/175). There were no recurrent cases. Conclusions H-type incision and Λ-type incision can fully expose the fistula and infected foci, and achieve good surgical results. The skin flaps formed naturally by incision design can basically repair the skin defect after the excision of infected preauricular fistula in stage I and the survival rate is reliable. The Λ-type incision close to the hairline can get better cosmetic results than the H-type incision.