Admittedly, my golf game's rusty. Can't remember when I last played. Maybe ten years ago with a neighbor. But here's the point, what hero, villain or fool in your world would you like to have a beer with, spend some time with? Peyton Manning's my choice. Not only could we talk about cleft palate surgeries we'd endured, we could probably talk about resilience. He could've stayed out of the public eye after Sunday's Super Bowl debacle where the Seattle Seahawks dominated his Denver Broncos. … [Read more...]
A site dedicated to Faces, Facial Differences, and Heroes, Villains and Fools
For new posts, scroll down. You’ve come to the right place to learn about faces, especially ones that stand out in a crowd—the good, the bad, and the "ugly." Together we'll learn and share insights—via blogs, guest blogs, comments, and even painted portraits—about the social and psychological aspects of living with "facial differences" in a world that emphasizes looks. What you bring to the discussion: a lifetime of experience looking at and reacting to faces a willingness to be … [Read more...]
Bullied young Girl becomes a Model and Learns about Looksism
Borrowing excerpts from an interview done by Quora about nonsurgical transformation, I'm impressed with Lyndsey's honesty as well as lingering middle-school insecurity. Nonsurgical Transformation Taught Lyndsey about "Looksism." "I didn't technically start being bullied until my super awkward high school years where I all of a sudden found myself at 5'9" and 89 pounds. ... I was a late bloomer. Didn't really start looking like a model until after college. So it's been a rather … [Read more...]
Peyton Manning’s Cleft Palate — Super Bowl QB faced Challenges
Peyton Manning's experience with a Cleft Palate. Peyton Manning was born with a cleft palate on March 24, 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Today, he's an outstanding NFL (National Football League) quarterback for the Denver, Broncos. He is a son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning and an elder brother of New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning. Peyton faced many obstacles with his disabilty: a cleft palate is a condition in which the two plates of the skull that form the … [Read more...]
Nonsurgical Transformation Taught Janelle about “Looks.”
Surgery often transforms people with oral facial defects from being being shunned to being accepted.In interviews conducted by Quora, this one by Janelle caught my eye because of her insights. Her proximity to where I live helped, too. She lives in a nearby city and milieu that I'm familiar with. Other interviewees in Quora's Q & A project live in parts of the world where I don't know high school socialization customs and standards of beauty as well. What does it feel like to go from … [Read more...]
The Complicated Causation of Cleft Lips and Palates — Genetics is only part of the still-unknown equation.
Here I am back in November with Noah, my superhero friend with a cleft lip and palate. Recently, I came across another great picture of him , as a shy ladies man. Well, really Noah is with his twin sister, and she has no clefts. This suggests the genetic complexity of clefts. . . and genetics is only one causal … [Read more...]
Why Cleft Affected Teens may hate Cellphones & Social Media
What if you were a teen and couldn't use a cellphone or splash your picture around the internet? Would you feel left out, a social outcast, and perhaps isolate yourself from your peers? This happens with cleft lipped and palated youths who avoid phones because they speak "differently" and avoid circulating photos because they're ashamed of how they look. Communicative disorders & the Cleft Affected Teen Their speech difficulties may occur because surgeries and/or speech training … [Read more...]