Joshua Oyebola is one of two people in the world with a rare form of hemifacial microsomia, a condition where parts of the face do not fully develop. He was bullied and stared at for years because of ...

Hemifacial microsomia (HFM) is a complex congenital condition predominantly characterised by unilateral underdevelopment of the facial skeleton, particularly the mandible, often accompanied by ...

Purpose: It can be difficult to differentiate clinically between hemifacial microsomia (HFM) and Townes-Brocks syndrome (TBS). The distinction is important because TBS is inherited as an autosomal ...

Before Riley Kruse had reached age 20, she had been operated on nearly two dozen times. The majority of those surgeries occurred as a toddler. The baby had been born two months premature with a ...

A ten-year-old boy has been given a new ear by doctors who built the organ from scratch using one of his ribs. Alfie Hazell was born with an ear lobe but no ear structure or canal on his left side.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- We first brought you the story of Ani Kalboune back in May, when she was about to undergo a complex surgery to correct her condition. A Fresno plastic surgeon donated the ...

NEW HYDE PARK, Long Island (WABC) -- A 5-year-old boy who was born without a left ear now feels "normal" following a revolutionary reconstruction technique using cadaver tissue on a 3-D ear. Luca ...

Editor’s Note: We first met Penny when she wrote to us about a CNN photo gallery showcasing disfigured children and stillborn babies affected by Agent Orange in Vietnam. Penny spoke of the anger and ...

Joshua Oyebola is one of two people in the world with a rare form of hemifacial microsomia, a condition where parts of the face do not fully develop. He was bullied and stared at for years because of ...