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Surgeons Use Rib Cartilage to Restore Woman Born With Only One Ear

At first glance it's nearly impossible to tell that British-born model and reality television star Sasha Gardner was born with a serious facial deformity.

Gardner, now 25, was born without her right ear, a condition known as microtia. The Microtia-Congenital Ear Institute estimates that one in every 6,000 to 12,000 newborns is born with only one ear.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=4002415&page=1