What it feels like to have a facial disfigurement.

The first time I realised that I looked different was when a boy called me “fat chin” at primary school. Thirty years later I still remember the burning shame and humiliation. I was born with cherubism, a rare genetic condition which is associated with variable degrees of abnormal bony overgrowth of the lower part of the face. I started to show signs of this when I was 4. Before then I looked like every other little girl. But over time my jaw grew bigger, my eyes started to protrude, and the bridge of my nose became flat. Looking different