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News items on 'Facial Disfigurement'
'New face' giving man life back
(BBC 03/10/2008)
A former fisherman who suffered serious head injuries in a boat accident has said new facial reconstruction technology has given him his life back. The 68-year-old suffered multiple skull fractures, and also lost an eye. Aberdeen experts employed artistic, engineering and scientific skills to rebuild his face, including using silicone, steel, magnets, acrylic, plaster of Paris, and gold.
(BBC 12/09/2008)
How should you react on seeing disfigurement? It's not as awkward a question as you might think, explains James Partridge, of the charity Changing Faces.
Don't stare at me
(BBC 10/09/2008)
Every morning on her way to work, Alison Rich is met with sideways glances and furtive second looks. Some people stare openly, others turn away out of embarrassment. Alison was born with a condition that impeded the development of the left side of her face and gave her spine a severe scoliosis, curving her back from side to side.
'My aim is to get a boyfriend'
(BBC 28/06/2008)
Jess Lee is undergoing a series of operations to correct facial disfigurement caused by a rare condition called Apert Syndrome.
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