Schools that get a point of helping children with facial disfigurements find it helps pupils to deal with body image concerns tooMarcus Powell was a cheerful,satisfied-go-lucky child with a circle of good friends in the reception lesson at Trinity primary school in Hereford. His classmates seemed not to notice the side of Marcus’s face, described by his mother, and Sam,as “looking as though a trench goes suitable down it”.
Marcus was born with a cleft lip and palate so has a gap in his lip and the roof of his mouth. The 15 operations he has needed have not helped the way he looks, but that had not concerned him.
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Source: theguardian.com