There is a birth defect of the ear that is visible and relatively common around the world. It is called preauricular sinus which, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, or NIH, ...

I've always had a tiny hole on the side of my head, but people often don't believe that I was born with it. When I was young I was known to pop an earring half way through it just to prove it only ...

This unusual condition which affects one per cent of the population is an evoluntionary remnant from FISH GILLS EAR’S something we bet you never knew. A small amount of people – less than one per cent ...

A very small percentage of people are born with tiny, barely visible holes above their ears. In the UK, just under one per cent of people have them. In the US, the frequency is lower, and in Asia and ...

1 in 100 people in Britain are born with a preauricular sinus (Picture: Smooth O/Wikimedia) If you were in a room with around 100 people in Britain it’s likely one of you will have tiny little hole ...

A small percentage of the population is born with preauricular sinus, a small hole around the outer ear. Here's why the hole exists.

Did you know that 1 in 100 Brits have a tiny hole at the top of their ear? And no, we're not talking about an old, forgotten piercing… Just 1% of people in the UK have preauricular sinuses aka a tiny ...

Many individuals with a faint indentation or tiny hole just in front of their ear go through life barely aware of it. It’s subtle, about the size of a freckle or the head of a pin, and usually doesn’t ...

EAR’S something we bet you never knew. A small amount of people – less than one per cent of the UK population – are born with small holes above their ears. The small hole sits in the area where the ...