Surgeons have removed a tumor from the face of a 10-kg

No one can accuse James O'Neill that now it many times a day looking at yourself in the mirror and admires the contours of the face. Doctors saved him from the monstrous tumor.   Now he has an ordinary jaw, straight nose, cheeks usual.
All of this you can call it a new look. For many years this place was tumors evaya mass weighing 10 kilograms. Mostly it occupied the left side of the face.

In August, 47-year-old native of the American city Vudinvil held plastic reconstructive facial surgery, during which tumor   It was removed.

Of course, O'Neal and now can not be called a handsome man. And his face is still evident. But compared to what it was before the operation is just the sky and the ground.

"I did not recognize myself when I first looked in the mirror, - says James. - This is my nose - that's what I like best. Now I can really breathe through the nose, using both nostrils. And it's so cool."

Such a sharp facial deformation O'Neill was caused by a genetic disorder known as neurofibromatosis . This disease causes growth of the tumor mass in nerve cells. Gradually tumor   so it is grown that James was having trouble breathing.

But O'Neill has never been hiding from people. He has worked and continues to work as a cashier at a local store Safeway. His buyers later became his friends. They collected it and the required amount, which is enough to carry out complex operations.

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