Hairy ears; Revisited

Hair can grow in areas which are not usually hairy in human skin. The Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) (http:// www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omimhave) some entries in this regards. These include ( %139600 – HAIRY ELBOWS, #605130 – HAIRY ELBOWS, SHORT STATURE, FACIAL DYSMORPHISM, AND DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY, 139630 – HAIRY NOSE TIP, 139500 – HAIRY EARS, and 425500 – HAIRY EARS, Y-LINKED). Hairy ears, (Fig. 1), are uncommon trait and it is rare to see a person with very long hair on the ears.