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n. - Reconstructive surgery of the auricle of the external ear.

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  • After doing some research, she looked into a type of cosmetic procedure called otoplasty, more commonly known as "pinning back" the ears.
  • Thailand is world renowned for "aesthetic" plastic surgery procedures such as otoplasty and blepharoplasty.
  • To avoid the heartache that comes with so-called 'jug ears', three year old Vivi's parents want her to undergo otoplasty.
  • The only procedures to lose favour were tummy tucks (abdominoplasty), which were down 7.5% and the pinning back of prominent ears (otoplasty), down 17%.
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