Good Morning America just did a feature on what’s apparently the hottest new trend in re-configuring your body: getting your ears tweaked into a living version of Will Ferrell’s from Elf.
To get your elfin ears, the practitioner slits open the cartilage at the top of the ears and sews it back together to create a point.
So apparently the dude that does this isn’t actually a doctor or surgeon (eep!), so you can’t receive any anesthesia for the $600, 20-minute procedure.
Well, golly gee, sign me up! My boss is gonna love this. [Huff Post]
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lmfao
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Ewww!
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I’ve seen this years ago. Not very attractive but I highly doubt that is what they’re going for.
daisy / 568 posts
Elf ears, really? Now that is just plain stupid. My ears are nice the way they are.
hydrangea / 81 posts
never
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I got elf ears from the great plastic surgeon in the sky! I have naturally pointed ears. But they don’t look like elf ears – they look like tea cup handles with pointed tops.
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I read that a few days ago. It can also destory your ear to the point to where you can’t hear.
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Who doesn’t want to have sex with Santa’s little helpers?
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I was thinking of star trek. xD
daisy / 502 posts
Disturbing.
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Lmao, I remember when I was younger and the LOTR movies had just came out, I wanted elf ears soo bad. Now I’m not sure wtf I was thinking.
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This thing has been going on for years and only now does the media take notice of this? wow.
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the only people i’ve seen or want to do this are trekkies.
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That chick should have spent her money on an esthetician.
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i prefer to have my perfectly imperfect rounded ears thank you very much(:
magnolia / 1369 posts
-_______- this is so dumb .
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Mr.Tumnus(James McAvoy) from the chronicles of narnia movie is cute, but he had adorable goat ears and a sexy goatee. pointy keebler cookie elf ears aren’t appealing to me
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Eewww… Tinklebell comes to life.
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O__o
lily / 5148 posts
I’m willing to bet that these people will regret this decision later on….it’s a fad and like every fad, it fades away eventually. O.o Still this is pretty freaky.
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My friend broke her cartilage when she was small, so she has an elf ear “naturally”… It’s the most attractive thing…. But alas, I am taken… Happily :b
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I have glue on ones. They’re nice, because they come off when you want them to.
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GREAT. NOW every one is going to start looking like World of Warcraft toons.
Haha.
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lol.
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I don’t know if a few people doing something really counts as a craze…
rose / 944 posts
LOTR, Star Trek, and WoW. It’s the ultimate nerd modification. It makes me smile- until I cringe, that is.
That said, I’d never do it. I like my ears just the way they are, thank you very much.
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I would love to have that done, in my world.
Elf ears are pretty and dainty,
orchid / 124 posts
This sounds like it falls into the same category as piercings and tattoos, not really cosmetic surgery.
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Are you kidding? I’ll pass.
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@bekkabrutality@xanga - HA HA I agree!!!
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This is nothing new. Back in the 1960s, the producers of the original Star Trek told Leonard Nimoy that they were going to send him to a plastic surgeon to point his ears, because Nimoy complained about all the time he had to spend in makeup. He was disappointed when he learned that they were only joking.
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See…that would be fun for like…a day. And then you just look stupid.
daisy / 696 posts
hah. I have naturally pointy ears. Go nature.
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Yes, because the movie Elf is what I immediately think of when I hear about elves.
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the pain and possibility of infection isn’t worth it
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I don’t care about the look because I just don’t care that much, but healing has to be a bitch. Just getting ear cartilage pierced can be a hassle for some ppl…I wonder how often this body mod gets rejected
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lol they better not regret it later in life!
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@MyFaire@xanga - Highly illogical.
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It’s wierd that people take pride in body modification. But ok.. whatever floats their boat!! D:
daisy / 597 posts
the girl talking about having it done… doesn’t look like she’s had it done at all.
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eeeew…
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Seen this ages ago. Actually I think her ears look cute, but I’m probably weird. Wouldn’t get it done though!
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Stupidity.
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Wow. How late are they.
I actually love the look. I thought about doing it for a while actually, but soon decided it wasn’t for me. Plus, whenever I just have my cartilage PIERCED, it hurts like a bitch. I couldn’t imagine going through that.
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O.o… this has piqued my interest a thousand-fold.
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@ShimmerBodyCream@xanga - OMG LMAO
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@Xbeautifully_broken_downX@xanga - HA.