She didn’t have many friends at school because of how she looked – but she later made a decision she never thought was possible

[post_page_title]What it would mean[/post_page_title]
Before Rachel could choose, she had to know as much as she could about what the doctors’ plan was. The idea was to use muscle from her thigh, and apply it to her ear tissue.

This, they said, would help tremendously with her overbite. According to Rachel, it wouldn’t help her hear any better – but it would make her ears appear more “normal.” Even though her condition affected her hearing, the surgery was designed for the improvement of her outward appearance, and nothing else.