It seems the clearest way of letting the world know you’ve got your style together is via a neat little arrangement of holes in your ears, highlighted by delicate rings and studs. And anyone who loves their tech will be guaranteed to have a pair of wireless buds encased in theirs, too. But for all the attention they get day-to-day, we’re not that clued up on ear care – or the myths surrounding it. Let us have a word in your shell-like…
1 The part of your ear outside your head is called the auricle, and is made up of the leshy lobe and – mostly – cartilage, surrounded by a layer of tissue supplying nerve cells and bloodand covered by a thin layer of skin. We’re one of the few mammals with ixed ears, but you can teach yourself to wiggle yours by focusing on connective muscles around the face.