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Why our ears and noses never stop growing

January 15, 2015

While the rest of our body shrinks as we get older, our noses, earlobes and ear muscles keep getting bigger. That's because they're made mostly of cartilage cells, which divide more as we age. At the same time, connective tissue begins to weaken.

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