"Love of life is next to our face and thus the mutilated cry for help" - Sushruta Sarmita in 600 BC.

 A Congenital malformation, sufficient to endanger life or unsightly enough ot justify treatment.  Congenital malformations have been recognised and recovered from time immemorial.A Congenital malformed baby is born some where in the world every 30 seconds. These anomalies are the end result of complex processes during development.  The clear cut answers to the question of etiology are not always available.  During the first few week of development, especially during the 6th to 12th weeks of infra-uterine life, mostmalformations occur, the environment of the embryo is determined by the mother and may be influenced by maternal impressions, infections, nutritional deficiencies, drugs and radiation defects.
 

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Hereditary is found to be one of the major causative factors.Consanguineous  marriage is found to be another important adiological factor.Popular education of the Public regarding the causes of birth defects is necessary.  Wide dissemination of this knowledge would help present avoidance of incriminating factors where possible.
 

The following are some of the Congenital Deformities encountered:

• Left lip and left Palate.
• Craniofacial deformities
• Ear Anomalies 
• Microtia
• Prominent or bat ears
• Top or cut ears
• Absence of ear lobule.
• Eyelid Defects
• Colobema
• Ptani
• Entropain
• Ectropain
• Limb anomalies
• Haemangeinas
• Vaginal  agenesis