Letter in response to: skin tattooing following correction of prominent ears

In response to the letter from Drs Noblet, Jackson and Smith [1], I would agree that these rare but significant complications are justified in their reporting. For the purposes of the pooled proportion meta-analysis of surgical complication following pinnaplasty [2], the most commonly reported complications were analysed, ie. haematoma and/or bleeding, infection, skin/wound healing problems, suture-related problems, scarring, pain and itching, or revision/recurrence. Although this type of analysis can be open to criticism for relying on the open reporting of data, it does give a contemporary overview of the topic.