Lop ear and plagio?

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Hi,

Does anyone know whether there is a connection between lop ear and

plagio? This is where the tip of the ear bends over and it can be

corrected by surgery. After some research on the internet, we believe

's right ear has this. Our understanding is it is usually

congenital. Looking at pictures we see it for sure by 6 weeks, and

possibly sooner. 's plagio developed late and is amazingly not

visible in top and side head pictures even past 3 months. We are

almost sure the lop ear came before the plagio. Although maybe they

are both caused by the preference to turn right.

's right ear is also very slightly pushed forward from the plagio

and barely sticks out below. However, the lop ear seems to be more the

upper cartilage. If you have followed my emails, you may recall we

tried taping 's right ear with a splint for a few months, but gave

up since it didn't seem to do any good and the skin started becoming a

bit irritated.

Honestly, the bend in the ear is not that bad and looks kind of cute,

at least on a toddler. I'm hoping it is not caused from the plagio,

since then I won't feel guilty and just accept it as something he was

born with that can be fixed. We would probably decide not to fix it

unless he complains about it. Does anyone know whether or not there is

a connection between lop ear and plagio?

Thanks,

Kathy