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I want to round the ear - what can I do to achieve this result? (photos)

Didier5511Mar 29, 2022
Hello I want to round the ear, as you can see in the photo, it ends in a point due to a malformation, should it be reduced to obtain this result ? To harvest cartilage for reconstruction ? Another technique ? Thank you for your opinions

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