Anne Marie

Anne-Marie lives with her sister. The two girls look alike now, but it wasn't always that way. Anne-Marie was born with Goldenhar syndrome, in which one side of theface is smaller than the other; with deformities involving the eye, spine, jaw, and ear and facial bony structures.

She also had a cleft lip and palate. In the photo of her as a baby the cleft is clearly seen, but the disfigurement on her right cheek is partly obscured.

 

After several operations over many years, Anne-Marie is no longer disfigured. But it's not only her physical appearance that has changed. At birth Anne-Marie was unable to feed. Had she somehow managed to live without surgery, her cleft palate would have severely limited her ability to speak. She would never have been accepted in society.

 

The surgical team at the Australian Craniofacial Unit, led by pioneer Mr David David AC, has not only changed Anne-Marie's face; they've given her a wonderful future.

 

That's why we say we are changing the face of the future.

 

 

 

 

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