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© BETTER LIFE TG Oils EXPRESSION THE DAY BEFORE HER SURGERY, JESSICA DU PLESSIS, A 14-YEAR-OLD FROM PRETORIA, COULDN'T SMILE OR FROWN. BORN WITH MOEBIUS SYNDROME, HER FACIAL MUSCLES WERE TOO WEAK TO SHOW ANY EMOTION. a © N 2016, JESSICA UNDERWENT A 10-HOUR FACIAL REANIMATION SURGERY ON ONE SIDE OF HER FACE, LED BY PROFESSOR GEORGE PSARAS, CO-FOUNDER OF THE SMILE FOUNDATION. LAST YEAR, SHE UNDERWENT A SECOND PROCEDURE. DR DIMITRI LIAKOS, ONE OF SOUTH AFRICA’S FEW SPECIALISTS IN THIS FIELD, PERFORMED A 12-HOUR SURGERY (ENTIRELY PRO BONO) TO RESTORE MOVEMENT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF JESSICA'S FACE. THE INTRICATE OPERATION INVOLVED A FREE GRACILIS FLAP, GIVING JESSICA NOT JUST SYMMETRY BUT NEWFOUND EXPRESSION. Jessica's surgery was successful, and her progress has been remarkable.
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