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Ear cartilage looks deformed to me. How normal are my results? (Photo)

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Witty523289Mar 6, 2024

I had it done as a child in the year 2000, but I've mostly hidden them with my hair. Since seeing pics of ears when shopping for jewellery, and looking at the piercings I can never get, I can't help but notice how abnormally shaped my ears seem. They seem too narrow and my antihelix sticks out a lot. They're also not similar at all. How normal are my results? Should I consider a correction at some point? They also get sore when cleaning folds still as there's little room.

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