Prominent or protruding ears are thought to affect around 2% of the UK population, and can cause real misery, especially in childhood, when name calling and bullying tend to be more common. But in today’s image-obsessed “selfie society”, even adults can suffer from low self-confidence/self-esteem, if they have what are unkindly described as “bat” or “jug” ears.
Previously, the only way to address the problem was with an invasive operation called an otoplasty. However, this requires a general anaesthetic, surgical incisions (which ...
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