diff --git a/src/js/descriptionWidgets.js b/src/js/descriptionWidgets.js
index 08b14a1dca3c9b71daf3637c45f70c6e4513f719..7e069a3bc0c035e303def8aa14d4b54eb1aaf8ea 100644
--- a/src/js/descriptionWidgets.js
+++ b/src/js/descriptionWidgets.js
@@ -598,8 +598,8 @@ App.Desc.brand = function(slave, surface) {
 
 		if (slave.brand) {
 			bellyAccessory = slave.bellyAccessory;
-			if (setup.fakeBellies.includes(bellyAccessory) && slave.brand["belly"] !== 0) {
-				r += `${His} fake belly has ${slave.brand["belly"]} branded on it. `;
+			if (setup.fakeBellies.includes(bellyAccessory) && slave.brand.belly) {
+				r += `${His} fake belly has ${slave.brand.belly} branded on it. `;
 			} else {
 				for (let [key, value] of Object.entries(slave.brand)) {
 					if (r === ``) {
diff --git a/src/uncategorized/remoteSurgery.tw b/src/uncategorized/remoteSurgery.tw
index 2c9d4665693af1a656b807ceaa372be8a3fbbf16..fbc8e632296c290b984ef96f29bd5c81e3cefda8 100644
--- a/src/uncategorized/remoteSurgery.tw
+++ b/src/uncategorized/remoteSurgery.tw
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ $He has
 		<<if $activeSlave.hears != -2 && $activeSlave.earImplant != 1>>
 			<<set $activeSlave.hears = -1>>
 		<</if>>
-		<<set $activeSlave.brand["left ear"] = 0, $activeSlave.brand["right ear"] = 0>>
 	<<else>>
 		<<if $activeSlave.earShape != "pointy">>
 			| [[Reshape into small elfin ears|Surgery Degradation][$activeSlave.earShape = "pointy", cashX(forceNeg($surgeryCost), "slaveSurgery", $activeSlave), $activeSlave.health -= 10, $surgeryType = "earMinor"]]