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Approximately, one in 5000 children are born with auricular malformations (Wu et al. Lasers Med Sci 28(6):1475–82, 2013). The most common deformity, the protruding ears, or “bat ears,” can be a subject of much teasing from schoolmates. In the girls, the bat ears become even more prominent if they tie their hair above the head, say for ballet practice.
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Leclère, F.M., Mordon, S., Trelles, M.A. (2016). 1540 nm-Er/Glass Laser-Assisted Cartilage Reshaping For Protruding Ears (LACR). In: Wong, BF., Ilgner, J. (eds) Biomedical Optics in Otorhinolaryngology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1758-7_14
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