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'My little devil's got guts': Boy, 5, endures horn implants so surgeons can remove birthmark
Doctors have treated a young boy with a large birthmark on his face... by implanting horns in his forehead.
George Ashman, 5, was born with a bright red blemish on his forehead and his mother Karen, 33, feared he would endure a lifetime of bullying.
So when he was four he underwent a surgical procedure to stretch the 'normal' skin on his forehead so the birthmark could be removed and covered with the new unblemished tissue.
Ordeal: George now only has a small scar after he grew extra skin over two implants to replace the birthmark
Doctors inserted two tissue expanders under the skin, which gradually inflated so they looked like two perfect devil's horns.
After four months the implants were removed and the blemish was cut out, allowing the new skin to be stitched together - leaving just a small Harry Potter-style scar on George's forehead.
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Karen from Radstock, Somerset, said: 'When I first saw the implants in place I was speechless.
'They were larger than I expected - and placed on either side of his tiny head looked like horns. My cute, angel-faced baby looked like the devil.
'But I'm really proud of the strength he has shown through all of this. He has never let it hold him back.'
George was born in 2006 with a haemangioma birthmark - made up of bright, soft lumps of abnormal blood vessels.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
Doctors have treated a young boy with a large birthmark on his face... by implanting horns in his forehead.
George Ashman, 5, was born with a bright red blemish on his forehead and his mother Karen, 33, feared he would endure a lifetime of bullying.
So when he was four he underwent a surgical procedure to stretch the 'normal' skin on his forehead so the birthmark could be removed and covered with the new unblemished tissue.
Doctors inserted two tissue expanders under the skin, which gradually inflated so they looked like two perfect devil's horns.
After four months the implants were removed and the blemish was cut out, allowing the new skin to be stitched together - leaving just a small Harry Potter-style scar on George's forehead.
More...
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Karen from Radstock, Somerset, said: 'When I first saw the implants in place I was speechless.
'They were larger than I expected - and placed on either side of his tiny head looked like horns. My cute, angel-faced baby looked like the devil.
'But I'm really proud of the strength he has shown through all of this. He has never let it hold him back.'
George was born in 2006 with a haemangioma birthmark - made up of bright, soft lumps of abnormal blood vessels.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
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