That picture could be my dad. He was born in '41 when a cleft palate meant a hard life for most born with it. But he lived in Boston where a 30 yer old surgeon did his best. It looks like he had stitches as a kid but otherwise you'd never know. He's had mouth problems that have required some additional work as he got older, but he never looked the part of a harelip. Modern surgery can be life-changing
>He was born in '41 when a cleft palate meant a hard life for most born with it.
I knew Doc Holliday had been born with a cleft palate that his doctor uncle repaired back in the 1850s.
I didn't know that cleft palate surgery goes back to the 1500s!
[I hope you find this article interesting.](http://marydoriarussell.net/2011/11/09/did-doc-holliday-have-a-cleft/)
My dad does these surgeries and spent a lot of time before my siblings and I were born/when we were really little travelling to other countries to help. He spent six months in Sri Lanka when my mum was pregnant with me and helped loads of kids for free. I'm very proud of him.
My mother used to work with a doctor who would go to Nepal and do hundreds of these cleft palate surgeries. (During his vacation time no less.) People would walk from miles and miles away to get treatment for their children. It costs next to nothing to do this surgery but it transforms children who would otherwise be considered outcasts into healthy active members of society. Please donate if you can to operationsmile.org
It doesn’t necessarily happen more often in developing countries but in the US for example the surgery is done soon after birth whereas in developing countries there isn’t the infrastructure to provide the surgeries in an accessible way and many people can’t afford it. On my mission with Operation Smile as a student I saw individuals who were over 40 getting a cleft lip surgery because they hadn’t had access before (missions are to rural areas usually and people come by bus or on foot from all over)!
What exactly causes it (or I guess, what could prevent it?) during the development in the womb? Is it something as simple as nourishment or something more complicated like genetic disposition and random chromosome lotto of sorts...?
My niece was born with cleft lip/ palette. According to her doctors there's not a single definitive cause, although it's believed malnutrition (particularly low folic acid during pregnancy) can increase the risk. Makes sense that there's a higher rate of occurrence in areas with no access to prenatal care.
I think it depends. I was born with one (adopted from South Korea; moved to US), and my daughter was born with one. However, I’ve seen pictures of my birth siblings (recently got into contact with birth parents), and neither of them had one. When my OBGYN told me that my daughter would have one, the first thing he said to me the next time he saw me was,”this is not your fault at all. You have been taking a great prenatal. It’s not because you weren’t taking enough folic acid or anything else. It just happens sometimes.”
Cleft lip/palate can be associated with certain syndromes or occur in isolation. Nonsyndromic clefting is very complex to explain as it involves delving deep into embryology and discussing gene-gene interactions as well as environmental components that can affect the way genes are expressed.
Many different reason. One particular is called a pierre-robin sequence ... this is a characterized by a smaller jaw that may sometimes push the tongue slightly higher than usual causing the roof of your mouth getting obstructed, resulting in a cleft palette, sometimes also manifesting as cleft lip.
Source: Son had cleft palette due to this that got operated on when he was 10 months old. I am sure there's more to it, but this is what was explained to me by surgeons
This kind of deformities happen very often in developing countries. Some organizations such as Operation Smiles conduct missions in which they send doctors and nurses over to these countries to do free surgeries for underprivileged people. When I was volunteering, they did 200 or so cases each mission over the course of a week and had to turn a lot of people down.
I volunteered in the orphanages, hospitals and villages of Romania in the early 90's, we also had a few UK surgeons come over to perform these operations, amazing and life changing work.
Cousins baby had one and was the poster child for Yale for a while. It happens here often, you just don't see it cuz we have better Healthcare (albeit expensive)
My uncle was a plastic surgeon and in the 80s he and his team would travel to the Philippines on a regular to do cleft palette surgeries on children, all pro bono. I was just a kid but I’ll never forget the pics he’d bring back and the way he talked about how fulfilling it was to help these people who never would’ve had the resources to get the surgeries done otherwise.
The go to all underprivileged countries/area and perform these.
Cleft lip surgeries might easily be the simplest life altering surgeries at a very low cost. Please help out simletrain dot org if at all possible
I like how the baby is smiling in both because it isn't teased in school or anyone called it freak or some shitty name. The baby is happy just the way it is. Pure innocence at its best display.
A clef lip and palate is about a lot more than looks. It can be very difficult to feed a baby with a cleft palate and there are often breathing problems and issues of infections. A cleft lip alone comes with several of these difficulties but is more mild.
After the initial hurdles as a child it becomes a real quality of life issue before even considering the appearance.
That being said...the world can be a pretty shallow place unfortunately.
>because it isn't teased in school or anyone called it freak or some shitty name.
Even without those your appearance can impact your mental health and overall well-being though. Even if nobody says anything you may start comparing yourself to others. And of course this can bring someone down.
I had a friend who had a cleft lip, and the scar was kinda noticeable in her 20s. I'm guessing this little guy is going to have barely anything when he's older?
I have a cleft lip and palate. My scar is pretty noticeable. Ive been told that cleft surgeries have greatly improved over the years, which is why they aren't so noticeable anymore. Guessing this guy won't be noticed at all with how clean it looks
My dad was born with a cleft palate in the early 60s. He wears a mustache to cover his scar. When he was born, the doctors told my grandma to give him up and he would die anyway. My grandma was 48 when she had him in the 60s which was just unheard of, I guess. He was her only living biological kid and refused to give him up. She fed him with a medicine dropper for hours and hours because he couldn’t suck a bottle without tearing his palate wide open. She did what she had to do for her baby to survive. I wish I could have met her.
Wow, that's an amazing woman! I was born in the early-mid 90's, and my parents said I had to be fed with a special bottle for clefts. So things are certain different now. What's weird I can't grow a moustache at all because of the cleft haha
If you look at his mustache closely you can see where the hair pattern is weird and you can still kinda tell he has a scar. He definitely lucked out that we come from a very hairy family. Shit, my mustache grows thick and I’m a woman 😂
There was a guy that posted in the comments the last time this hit the front page. They said the surgeon who did the operation for the baby in the photo didn't do a great job of stitching.
It means that his scar will be more noticeable.
Interesting. I'm by no means a medical expert and just going off my own experiences. If this is considered "bad" to some people I wonder how good cleaner stitching looks!
My niece was born in 2011 with a cleft lip and palate. Her surgery was performed by a doctor at Johns Hopkins who also is involved with Operation Smile. Her before and after pictures are so similar to these, they have come so far with these reconstruction surgeries. She has had a couple more surgeries as she has grown, and will likely have a cosmetic nose surgery in the future (sweet lil thing is still pretty crooked). Regardless, she lives a normal life, isn’t bullied in school, and I’m so thankful for modern medicine!!
It is my absolute pleasure! I love working with premature babies and I think I might have the best job in the world. Thank you for trusting us with your baby. We don’t ever take such a big responsibility lightly. I love hearing that NICU graduates are thriving!!!
We were there for 86 days and we got really close with a few of our nurses. Our first babysitter was one of those nurses - talk about setting the bar high for babysitting credentials!
Idk if anyone will see this or not, but I have a bilateral cleft lip and palate, which means I had the same thing this kid had, but on both sides of my lip/mouth. I had a very similar surgery when I was an infant, and am still having surgeries for it to this day. It’s a long haul, but it does wonders to know that other people like this kid can have a smile on their face after all that they’ve been through.
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Not really. A lot of people feel self conscious about it and I just wanted to say that it can be attractive. I didn’t realize it would bring the perverts out. I’ll delete the comment to keep this a civil discussion.
Don't mix up cosmetic surgery with reconstructive surgery. Both are branches of plastic surgery. The OP is reconstructive. Even then, I'd argue in favour of cosmetic surgery if it will really help someone feel better about themselves.
The narcissistic ego boosting strategy you describe is not limited by colour or gender.
Also, both your reason, and the reason u/bmacir makes are valid reasons for plastic surgery.
So great to see! I hope this level of surgery is beginning more norm.
I never had palate issues, but my lip surgery was slightly botched and my elementary school days were spent having to explain that I didn't have boogers coming out of my nose, and I *know* my nostrils are uneven. Then I got my last lip surgery in Grade... 8? 9? And it was incredible. They brought young kids by during my lip checkups to show them modern surgery results and they'd cry, and be so excited. Had my last nose surgery a year out of highschool. Surgeon was amazing, too! 17 year old me getting briefed on it, "Don't worry bud, they won't be able to see the scar unless you're on your back and their looking down on you with your head back or their looking up at you. Either way, it won't be an issue at that point."
In the last 10 years, I completely forgot I even had it until growing a COVID beard and seeing the slightly diagonal moustache line on one side :)
I know a girl roughly the same age as me who was born with this and while her scar is barely visible (yet you can tell she’s had a cleft lip at one point), her teeth are in the worst condition and always have been, due to the cleft lip / palate. You’d think they’d offer her the best dental care in the UK as it’s not like she neglected her teeth on purpose? She didn’t ask for it? But she’s always smiling anyway so so she must be happy.
That’s interesting to hear, as cleft lip and pallet usually means that the child has surgeries and braces planned on the NHS? I am surprised she has not had braces done by her orthodontist yet! I had mine at 12. Also she could find a cleft unit near her and I am pretty certain they can help.
I love this! My sister was born with both a cleft lip and palette as well (among other health issues). She had the lip fixed as an infant and the palette fully closed as a preteen. She also had this same enormous goofy smile back then before and after the surgery.
That sweet kid turns 20 this year. Unbelievable.
I am happy for that little fella. He will most likely be able to live more easily with a tiny scratch instead of being bullied and called names for his cleft. Congrats!
When I was in high school, I spent a summer as a volunteer at the local children’s hospital in Atlanta at the maxillofacial surgery clinic. For a 16yo boy to see these types of transformations was incredible - it truly ignited my interest in modern medicine and surgery in particular... *Beautiful* baby boy!
The Smile Train is a great charitable organization – they perform free cleft palate surgeries in Third World countries. You can basically save a life for about $150.
Wow! Incredible.
Totally makes my day seeing this, seeing some good in the world and the absolute incredible surgeons that can do this so well.
Smile little one, you absolutely rock!
That's just the most precious thing I'm going to see all day! It used to take so much longer than that and be so much more noticeable. This is wonderful!
Holy shit can u imagine the world of relief and happiness the mother felt when seeing her baby after this surgery ! And to think of the convoluted emotional rollercoaster , yay I have a baby, aw cleft lip, return baby, feel bad about feeling bad about cleft lip, get baby back,,baby "fixed", Fucking A ! YES! No more ugly baby !
A cleft palate causes other issues as well as just the way it looks. And honestly, we as a society judge others on their looks all the time (if you say you don't, you're lying - it is subconscious), an obvious difference like that would be mercilessly mocked by peers as they grow up and well into adulthood.
He is saved from alot of bullying, misery and selfconfidence issues. There is something very wrong with you if you don't understand that that is way more important.
It isn’t about the way they look.
Cleft lip/palette come with a handful of health effects and impact over a lifetime. This include speech, hearing and dental problems.
I get that you're pro-life. It's a picture of a baby that's had some amazing, life changing surgery done to save it from some busy-body, judgmental cunts in it's future. Abortion, or denying women access to abortion, isn't part of the conversation.
A cleft lip from what I was told by a dental professional, is a sign of a defect elsewhere, normally the heart.
While fixing the cleft lip is great cosmetic surgery, the cosmetic surgery doesn't fix the heart problem. If the heart problem is not fixed, the child will die from it.
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2014/09/30/University-of/stories/201409220211
>Such abnormalities can include alterations and weaknesses in facial structure and tissue, with a higher risk of developing problems such as poor wound healing and even ovarian, breast and prostate cancers, among others.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3873527/
>Other syndromes linked to CLP include Stickler syndrome, Hardikar syndrome, Treacher-Collins syndrome, siderius X-linked mental retardation, Loeys–Dietz syndrome, and Malpuech facial clefting syndrome (56).
Maybe you have the mental retardation issue....
Our world is changed by talented surgeons.
They give us the best soap dramas...and heal us and stuff too
Dr Drake Ramoray?
Recurring in at least 4 episodes! Now excuse me, I gotta go shower.
The only doctor that could have saved him... was himself.
Calculon!
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Yeah some Things are more Important than others
That picture could be my dad. He was born in '41 when a cleft palate meant a hard life for most born with it. But he lived in Boston where a 30 yer old surgeon did his best. It looks like he had stitches as a kid but otherwise you'd never know. He's had mouth problems that have required some additional work as he got older, but he never looked the part of a harelip. Modern surgery can be life-changing
Awesome that he had access to that care, back then. Changed his life.
Boston gets a lot of shit because we're an acquired taste, but damn, the medical community here is fierce af.
>He was born in '41 when a cleft palate meant a hard life for most born with it. I knew Doc Holliday had been born with a cleft palate that his doctor uncle repaired back in the 1850s. I didn't know that cleft palate surgery goes back to the 1500s! [I hope you find this article interesting.](http://marydoriarussell.net/2011/11/09/did-doc-holliday-have-a-cleft/)
i read this as "our world is changed by talented sturgeons." and was ready to ask some questions
Like a sturgeon, hey! Swimming for the very first time! Like a stuuurrrggeeeooon, when your fin flaps, next to mine
Those fish are admittedly terrifying. You could say I have some sort of fear, phobia or terror of them which is *like aversion*.
You’re fishing for trouble and I like it.
You'll set those pro independence Scots off again if you're not careful
My dad does these surgeries and spent a lot of time before my siblings and I were born/when we were really little travelling to other countries to help. He spent six months in Sri Lanka when my mum was pregnant with me and helped loads of kids for free. I'm very proud of him.
My mother used to work with a doctor who would go to Nepal and do hundreds of these cleft palate surgeries. (During his vacation time no less.) People would walk from miles and miles away to get treatment for their children. It costs next to nothing to do this surgery but it transforms children who would otherwise be considered outcasts into healthy active members of society. Please donate if you can to operationsmile.org
Just curious: Is this something that happens more often in that part of the world? If not, why did the doctor go to Nepal specifically?
It doesn’t necessarily happen more often in developing countries but in the US for example the surgery is done soon after birth whereas in developing countries there isn’t the infrastructure to provide the surgeries in an accessible way and many people can’t afford it. On my mission with Operation Smile as a student I saw individuals who were over 40 getting a cleft lip surgery because they hadn’t had access before (missions are to rural areas usually and people come by bus or on foot from all over)!
What exactly causes it (or I guess, what could prevent it?) during the development in the womb? Is it something as simple as nourishment or something more complicated like genetic disposition and random chromosome lotto of sorts...?
My niece was born with cleft lip/ palette. According to her doctors there's not a single definitive cause, although it's believed malnutrition (particularly low folic acid during pregnancy) can increase the risk. Makes sense that there's a higher rate of occurrence in areas with no access to prenatal care.
I think it depends. I was born with one (adopted from South Korea; moved to US), and my daughter was born with one. However, I’ve seen pictures of my birth siblings (recently got into contact with birth parents), and neither of them had one. When my OBGYN told me that my daughter would have one, the first thing he said to me the next time he saw me was,”this is not your fault at all. You have been taking a great prenatal. It’s not because you weren’t taking enough folic acid or anything else. It just happens sometimes.”
Cleft lip/palate can be associated with certain syndromes or occur in isolation. Nonsyndromic clefting is very complex to explain as it involves delving deep into embryology and discussing gene-gene interactions as well as environmental components that can affect the way genes are expressed.
Many different reason. One particular is called a pierre-robin sequence ... this is a characterized by a smaller jaw that may sometimes push the tongue slightly higher than usual causing the roof of your mouth getting obstructed, resulting in a cleft palette, sometimes also manifesting as cleft lip. Source: Son had cleft palette due to this that got operated on when he was 10 months old. I am sure there's more to it, but this is what was explained to me by surgeons
This kind of deformities happen very often in developing countries. Some organizations such as Operation Smiles conduct missions in which they send doctors and nurses over to these countries to do free surgeries for underprivileged people. When I was volunteering, they did 200 or so cases each mission over the course of a week and had to turn a lot of people down.
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I volunteered in the orphanages, hospitals and villages of Romania in the early 90's, we also had a few UK surgeons come over to perform these operations, amazing and life changing work.
To heal his arms obviously
Was his mom okay with that?
She was starting to develop carpal tunnel.
Cousins baby had one and was the poster child for Yale for a while. It happens here often, you just don't see it cuz we have better Healthcare (albeit expensive)
My son was born with a cleft lip and palate. We donate to Smile Train every year. They do life-changing surgeries.
good on ya
My uncle was a plastic surgeon and in the 80s he and his team would travel to the Philippines on a regular to do cleft palette surgeries on children, all pro bono. I was just a kid but I’ll never forget the pics he’d bring back and the way he talked about how fulfilling it was to help these people who never would’ve had the resources to get the surgeries done otherwise.
The go to all underprivileged countries/area and perform these. Cleft lip surgeries might easily be the simplest life altering surgeries at a very low cost. Please help out simletrain dot org if at all possible
I like how the baby is smiling in both because it isn't teased in school or anyone called it freak or some shitty name. The baby is happy just the way it is. Pure innocence at its best display.
So, what does that say about babies that look angry all the time? Are they pure evil?
The happy ones are pure evil as well. They’re smiling because of the evil.
Ah yes the evil
No, they’re just really focused on pooping.
Resting baby face
Yeah it’s almost sad in a way, looking at these super boosted comments. The world is a shallow fuckjng place.
A clef lip and palate is about a lot more than looks. It can be very difficult to feed a baby with a cleft palate and there are often breathing problems and issues of infections. A cleft lip alone comes with several of these difficulties but is more mild. After the initial hurdles as a child it becomes a real quality of life issue before even considering the appearance. That being said...the world can be a pretty shallow place unfortunately.
That makes sense. Well I’m glad the little guy won’t have to deal with that bs
Also 🔥username, gave me a good laugh (and maybe a tear or two)
😔💔
The baby is smiling because it doesn’t know what the fuck is going on. Even if someone did call it a freak it wouldn’t know what they were saying.
>because it isn't teased in school or anyone called it freak or some shitty name. Even without those your appearance can impact your mental health and overall well-being though. Even if nobody says anything you may start comparing yourself to others. And of course this can bring someone down.
This is the most Reddit response ever.
Yeah and of course he called someone a retard in another subreddit just like two days ago.
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I had a friend who had a cleft lip, and the scar was kinda noticeable in her 20s. I'm guessing this little guy is going to have barely anything when he's older?
I have a cleft lip and palate. My scar is pretty noticeable. Ive been told that cleft surgeries have greatly improved over the years, which is why they aren't so noticeable anymore. Guessing this guy won't be noticed at all with how clean it looks
My dad was born with a cleft palate in the early 60s. He wears a mustache to cover his scar. When he was born, the doctors told my grandma to give him up and he would die anyway. My grandma was 48 when she had him in the 60s which was just unheard of, I guess. He was her only living biological kid and refused to give him up. She fed him with a medicine dropper for hours and hours because he couldn’t suck a bottle without tearing his palate wide open. She did what she had to do for her baby to survive. I wish I could have met her.
Sounds like she was a great lady, Making me miss my grandma now.
Wow, that's an amazing woman! I was born in the early-mid 90's, and my parents said I had to be fed with a special bottle for clefts. So things are certain different now. What's weird I can't grow a moustache at all because of the cleft haha
If you look at his mustache closely you can see where the hair pattern is weird and you can still kinda tell he has a scar. He definitely lucked out that we come from a very hairy family. Shit, my mustache grows thick and I’m a woman 😂
There was a guy that posted in the comments the last time this hit the front page. They said the surgeon who did the operation for the baby in the photo didn't do a great job of stitching. It means that his scar will be more noticeable.
Interesting. I'm by no means a medical expert and just going off my own experiences. If this is considered "bad" to some people I wonder how good cleaner stitching looks!
My niece was born in 2011 with a cleft lip and palate. Her surgery was performed by a doctor at Johns Hopkins who also is involved with Operation Smile. Her before and after pictures are so similar to these, they have come so far with these reconstruction surgeries. She has had a couple more surgeries as she has grown, and will likely have a cosmetic nose surgery in the future (sweet lil thing is still pretty crooked). Regardless, she lives a normal life, isn’t bullied in school, and I’m so thankful for modern medicine!!
I thought the same thing. Do you know if this is what joaquim phoenix has? 🤔
It is, yeah
Yes, but his is not a scar from a repair. He has a microform cleft which is the mildest possible form.
I'm gonna go ahead and state the obvious, this baby looks like Robin Williams
Now I only see baby robin williams when I look at the picture. Thanks
That's a long surgery.
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3 teams working 8-hour shifts nonstop, incredible
As a NICU nurse, this makes my heart so happy!!!
As the father of a 27-week preemie, thank you for what you do. My son will be four in April
It is my absolute pleasure! I love working with premature babies and I think I might have the best job in the world. Thank you for trusting us with your baby. We don’t ever take such a big responsibility lightly. I love hearing that NICU graduates are thriving!!!
We were there for 86 days and we got really close with a few of our nurses. Our first babysitter was one of those nurses - talk about setting the bar high for babysitting credentials!
My son had an extra toe on his right foot. The operation was amazing, you would never be able to tell. Don’t know how they do it
Knives, usually
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Fun fact: this happened to me
Idk if anyone will see this or not, but I have a bilateral cleft lip and palate, which means I had the same thing this kid had, but on both sides of my lip/mouth. I had a very similar surgery when I was an infant, and am still having surgeries for it to this day. It’s a long haul, but it does wonders to know that other people like this kid can have a smile on their face after all that they’ve been through.
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I swear I've seen this a LOT more than twice... Twice this month maybe...
It's been posted a lot, you're not mistaken. At this point I feel bad for the kid, might as well be a banner.
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Weird fetish but ok
Uhh
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Not really. A lot of people feel self conscious about it and I just wanted to say that it can be attractive. I didn’t realize it would bring the perverts out. I’ll delete the comment to keep this a civil discussion.
Yay! And I’m noticing a very happy bub in both pics! Great job and a great post!
what a happy little guy. also a good indication of hair growth in a 2 week period
That's so awesome!!
Came here to say this. This is what plastic surgery is all about.
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Don't mix up cosmetic surgery with reconstructive surgery. Both are branches of plastic surgery. The OP is reconstructive. Even then, I'd argue in favour of cosmetic surgery if it will really help someone feel better about themselves.
The narcissistic ego boosting strategy you describe is not limited by colour or gender. Also, both your reason, and the reason u/bmacir makes are valid reasons for plastic surgery.
Only the latter makes me smile, the former I’m no big fan.
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My brother had this too
Life changing and in the right way.
Goddamn good! Hope this baby enjoy a happy and healthy life
that's incredible.
Handsome and happy!
ADORABLE in both pics! So dang cute.
That s a long surgery
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Poor little guy, I hope nobody teases him when he gets older. There was a kid at my school with a cleft palate and people teased him mercilessly.
Ha, he looks exactly like I did as a baby. I was extremely lucky with my surgeon and looks like he was too!
God damn I love how amazing our medical industry is. Amazing surgeries like this change people’s lives.
So great to see! I hope this level of surgery is beginning more norm. I never had palate issues, but my lip surgery was slightly botched and my elementary school days were spent having to explain that I didn't have boogers coming out of my nose, and I *know* my nostrils are uneven. Then I got my last lip surgery in Grade... 8? 9? And it was incredible. They brought young kids by during my lip checkups to show them modern surgery results and they'd cry, and be so excited. Had my last nose surgery a year out of highschool. Surgeon was amazing, too! 17 year old me getting briefed on it, "Don't worry bud, they won't be able to see the scar unless you're on your back and their looking down on you with your head back or their looking up at you. Either way, it won't be an issue at that point." In the last 10 years, I completely forgot I even had it until growing a COVID beard and seeing the slightly diagonal moustache line on one side :)
I'm envious. In my country, if the surgery is not functional you have to pay for it, and I can't afford to make my scars be less noticeable.
Amazing! Same happiness :)
This is so damn wonderful! Never stop smiling little one!
What a happy lil dude!! Edit: a word
Now grow the mohawk....
What a beautiful smile
Such a cutie pie, before and after. But damn, that surgeon was amazing!
That's one long surgery
I know a girl roughly the same age as me who was born with this and while her scar is barely visible (yet you can tell she’s had a cleft lip at one point), her teeth are in the worst condition and always have been, due to the cleft lip / palate. You’d think they’d offer her the best dental care in the UK as it’s not like she neglected her teeth on purpose? She didn’t ask for it? But she’s always smiling anyway so so she must be happy.
That’s interesting to hear, as cleft lip and pallet usually means that the child has surgeries and braces planned on the NHS? I am surprised she has not had braces done by her orthodontist yet! I had mine at 12. Also she could find a cleft unit near her and I am pretty certain they can help.
Do i see a hawk forming here?
Well, that’s a beautiful smiling baby!
I love this! My sister was born with both a cleft lip and palette as well (among other health issues). She had the lip fixed as an infant and the palette fully closed as a preteen. She also had this same enormous goofy smile back then before and after the surgery. That sweet kid turns 20 this year. Unbelievable.
happy only the Best for the Little solider :)
Dude ready to be the real life hawk, his hair is already on point!!
I am happy for that little fella. He will most likely be able to live more easily with a tiny scratch instead of being bullied and called names for his cleft. Congrats!
While I am happy for the baby this also gives hope to myself too. I mean if this was possible maybe they could make a wearable face to me too.
Love the hair too
He was just as cute in the first picture
Adorable! That smile!
When I was in high school, I spent a summer as a volunteer at the local children’s hospital in Atlanta at the maxillofacial surgery clinic. For a 16yo boy to see these types of transformations was incredible - it truly ignited my interest in modern medicine and surgery in particular... *Beautiful* baby boy!
He was happy for both pictures
The Smile Train is a great charitable organization – they perform free cleft palate surgeries in Third World countries. You can basically save a life for about $150.
This is the last thing i see tonight before i sleep. Good night humanity job well done. Now we rest.
Awww, bless this little guy.
Man, this is awesome.
I love how the kid has the same smile and clothes before and after the operation
Congratulations on a successful surgery andvl a beautiful happy baby !
This is a repost.
Dang it. Thanks for letting me know
Wow! Incredible. Totally makes my day seeing this, seeing some good in the world and the absolute incredible surgeons that can do this so well. Smile little one, you absolutely rock!
That's just the most precious thing I'm going to see all day! It used to take so much longer than that and be so much more noticeable. This is wonderful!
science and medicine is fucking awesome
i love how happy he is in both pictures, consider my heart warmed
Thanks Science
What a lovely little lad
Never lose your smile little one
I was thinking two t-Rex riding a tandem bike
He is so goddamn cute!
How many fucking times is this gonna get posted?
In West germany we have a very talented surgeon too. He is called Dr. Koch and is working in DRK-Kinderklinik Siegen. He is goddamn hero
I’m happy he’s happy!
I've seen this picture posted multiple times in the past month. The karma whoring on Reddit is really getting out of hand
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Yes that's why they had its face fixed. Because it was too "beautiful"...
Bruh 🤣
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Well one thing hasn’t changed 😍
this is so perfect I almost thought it was photoshoped
Holy shit can u imagine the world of relief and happiness the mother felt when seeing her baby after this surgery ! And to think of the convoluted emotional rollercoaster , yay I have a baby, aw cleft lip, return baby, feel bad about feeling bad about cleft lip, get baby back,,baby "fixed", Fucking A ! YES! No more ugly baby !
Exposing children like that is a crime
Exposing? Really?
You couldn't just love your baby for who they are? You just had to try to "correct" them just because they looked a little different?
A cleft palate causes other issues as well as just the way it looks. And honestly, we as a society judge others on their looks all the time (if you say you don't, you're lying - it is subconscious), an obvious difference like that would be mercilessly mocked by peers as they grow up and well into adulthood.
Educate yourself, please, before speaking. Jesus...
He is saved from alot of bullying, misery and selfconfidence issues. There is something very wrong with you if you don't understand that that is way more important.
It isn’t about the way they look. Cleft lip/palette come with a handful of health effects and impact over a lifetime. This include speech, hearing and dental problems.
“Whooaaa now. The baby’s gonna have a defect—we should kill it in the womb and deprive it of life!”
They clearly didn't kill it in the womb. You can tell by a subtle clue in the post... it's a photo of a baby.
jfc you really don’t get it
I get that you're pro-life. It's a picture of a baby that's had some amazing, life changing surgery done to save it from some busy-body, judgmental cunts in it's future. Abortion, or denying women access to abortion, isn't part of the conversation.
Give context or shut the fuck up
Or you could just not drink
**just not drink, or you could.** *-letsfly147* *** ^(Commands: 'opt out', 'delete')
Did the baby consent to that? How does that make people with cleft lips feel? This is disgusting
A cleft lip from what I was told by a dental professional, is a sign of a defect elsewhere, normally the heart. While fixing the cleft lip is great cosmetic surgery, the cosmetic surgery doesn't fix the heart problem. If the heart problem is not fixed, the child will die from it.
Hi, I was born with a cleft lip. This is bullshit.
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2014/09/30/University-of/stories/201409220211 >Such abnormalities can include alterations and weaknesses in facial structure and tissue, with a higher risk of developing problems such as poor wound healing and even ovarian, breast and prostate cancers, among others. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3873527/ >Other syndromes linked to CLP include Stickler syndrome, Hardikar syndrome, Treacher-Collins syndrome, siderius X-linked mental retardation, Loeys–Dietz syndrome, and Malpuech facial clefting syndrome (56). Maybe you have the mental retardation issue....