People in China are lining up outside of clinics to get a massively popular “elf ear” procedure, Mandy Zuo reported for the South China Morning Post.
The belief is that elongating the ears will make a face look thinner and younger, per the Post. The procedure is popular with both men and women and can generally be done in one of two ways: Taking cartilage from another part of the body and placing it behind the ear to make the ear protrude or injecting the ear with hyaluronic acid.
People in China Are Paying to Have Their Ears Elongated Into ‘Elf Ears’ Because They Think it Makes Their Faces Look Slimmer
