Like the tattoo, stretched ears are an unfading mark of youth: once the hole is 13mm in diameter, the ear will never return to its original size (Alamy) From reproductive rights to climate change to ...

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IT'S the lobe-stretching tribal trend loved by teens - but surgeons reveal the true legacy of gauging will be anything but music to their ears. Gauging, where ear lobes are progressively stretched ...