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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhew! I thought my head was getting smaller!
I found out that instead, your ears "appear" to grow as you age, apx. 0.2 to 0.5 mm per year. The cartilage does not actually "grow", it breaks down, sags, and loses elasticity.
I guess I'd rather it be like this than my head getting smaller.
Here's an example using Robert De Niro:

debm55
(60,271 posts)LuckyCharms
(22,558 posts)my ears are twice the size of my head.
debm55
(60,271 posts)LuckyCharms
(22,558 posts)It was very windy, and the wind picked me up by my ears and threw me into the side of a bus.
True Dough
(26,567 posts)
LuckyCharms
(22,558 posts)I'm all ears!
True Dough
(26,567 posts)
LuckyCharms
(22,558 posts)True Dough
(26,567 posts)at the Adult Entertainment Expo?
debm55
(60,271 posts)sheshe2
(97,400 posts)This was my second choice.

debm55
(60,271 posts)LuckyCharms
(22,558 posts)because I can hear the sun come up.
debm55
(60,271 posts)LuckyCharms
(22,558 posts)My friends call me "Mr. Potato Head".
LuckyCharms
(22,558 posts)what the weather forecast was.
He looked at me and said "Mostly ears, with a slight chance of face".
erronis
(23,757 posts)Both of my eyes are bigger than my stomach!
LuckyCharms
(22,558 posts)my ears take up the whole photo.
True Dough
(26,567 posts)you'd never want to get in a taxi with LuckyCharms!
debm55
(60,271 posts)LuckyCharms
(22,558 posts)are bigger than king-sized pillows?
True Dough
(26,567 posts)
Norrrm
(4,938 posts)Head size contest. Most likely comedy show fake but still funny...
https://youtube.com/shorts/yzoFkYoL0-w?si=ry3FckB9xSxgxfsM
LuckyCharms
(22,558 posts)weigh my head. For science!
WestMichRad
(3,229 posts)Would you prefer it be before you kick the bucket*, or after?
* trouble free reattachment not guaranteed.
Niagara
(11,785 posts)LuckyCharms
(22,558 posts)Niagara
(11,785 posts)LuckyCharms
(22,558 posts)Niagara
(11,785 posts)GreenWave
(12,625 posts)enid602
(9,670 posts)Thankfully, I apply Preparation H to my ears nightly.