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Suture removed 11 years after ear pinning.

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My ears protruded, so my parents had them fixed when I was 7. For the past few years, I've had an infection every now and then behind my ear due to one stitch. I am unsure whether this was a subcutaneous stitch that poked through my skin, or a dissolvable stitch that didn't dissolve. I had the stitch removed, and my ear now slightly protrudes. Is this normal? I have read that the cartilage should retain its shape even if a permanent stitch is removed, so why is my ear protruding?

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Dr. Adam Goodwin, MBBS, FRCS(Plast)
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