C-Ears are a great way to indentify you as a wrestler, but it hurts like holy heck when it first starts to swell and it looks like a big leach is hanging onto your ear. And later in life you can absolutely NOT wear ear bud headphones!!! Even sunglasses fit crooked...and I had a lady that was cutting my hair nearly shave my ear right off because she didn't hold my ear out of the way. Ok my not "right off" but she sure left a cut behind my ear with one of those electric safety razors. I would never have surgury to change them though.