After accounting for natural variations in
ear size and things
like earring wearing (earrings tend to lengthen the
lobe but don't change the
ear's overall growth rate), the doctors found that
ears grow about.0087 inch a year, or about half an inch over 50 years.
I posted this next photo on Instagram the day I got them because I was hoping that the words «nickel - free» meant that my
ear lobes wouldn't swell up and turn red (
like they've been doing for the past 10 or so years):