myFace community member Charmaine Cooper was featured in the Future of Personal Health, a Mediaplanet site focusing on health insights and news, patient stories, and the latest in diagnostic and treatment options. In this interview, Charmaine opens up about her experience growing up with Treacher Collins Syndrome and how that
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Media Planet feature: Helping Those With Facial Differences Recognize Their Beauty and Power
myFace community member Naomi Hadar (Levenshtein) was featured in the Future of Personal Health, a Mediaplanet site focusing on health insights and news, patient stories, and the latest in diagnostic and treatment options. In this interview, Naomi opens up about her experiences with Van der Woude Syndrome, cleft lip, and
Media Planet feature: When Meeting Those With Facial Differences, “Choose Kind”
myFace Star Nicholas Zollo wrote a piece for the Future of Personal Health, a Mediaplanet site focusing on health insights and news, patient stories, and the latest in diagnostic and treatment options. In his piece, Nicholos writes about his experience of living with a cleft lip and palate, and the
Zen and the Art of Cleft Discovery Part 2
In my last piece, I wrote about the different feelings that we experience as parents after finding out our child will be born with a cleft. I mentioned that doing research and coming up with a plan was a crucial part of getting to that place where you can be
Zen and the Art of Cleft Discovery Part I
By: Shawn Sadjatumwadee Jan 10, 2014. This same date exactly a year ago, I barely had any idea what a cleft lip was and certainly didn’t know what a cleft palate was. We had just found out my wife, Tene, was pregnant with our second child, and started the long
Hakuna Matata: Elijah and the Evans Family
Have you ever looked back and thought, “Wow, my life looks so different than it did this time last year!”? That’s us…the Evans Family. My husband Nate and I were trying to finish up our homestudy for domestic adoption this time last year. Fast forward to September, and we were
Patient Spotlight: Gabriel
Upon Gabriel’s birth, instead of an eruption of cheers as with their first two sons, Sandra and Freddy were met with silence. Finally, after a long pause, they were told that Gabriel had “a little something in his mouth and nose”—that little something was a complete bilateral cleft lip and
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