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Poor surgical outcomes for which the true incidence remains unreported.. Notice the disfiguration of normal ear anatomy and the loss of ear tissue from prior surgeries.
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Surgery, by its nature, induces new injury to the skin, and as shown in Figure 8, the surgical removal of a primary keloid frequently results in the loss of surrounding normal ear tissue.