""I had ears that stuck out, and I'm sure I was teased about it," Trocino, now 36, tells TODAY.com. "But it wasn't something that I remember being so impactful that I was begging my parents for it. I didn't even know that this was something you could do to your body.""
""Kids would flick each other's ears from behind," she shares. "I just remember going down on my knees one day when that happened because I just went black, and of course nobody's understanding why I would be responding this way.""
""My parents never talked about it; it's just unspoken," she says."
Erica Trocino underwent otoplasty at age 11 because her parents wanted to prevent bullying, though she had not asked for the procedure and did not view her ears as needing correction. Recovery required wearing a large headwrap during winter break. After returning to school, an ear-flicking trend and post-surgical sensitivity caused intense pain and a blackout; a soccer ball strike later damaged her ear and necessitated a second surgery. Conversations about the surgeries never occurred between Trocino and her parents. As a 36-year-old trauma-based therapist and mother of two, she later shared the experience on Instagram, which received widespread attention.
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