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16-year-old Marlie Casseus has undergone four surgeries to remove an 16-pound tumor that covered almost her entire face and hampered her breathing. The entire process was chronicled on the Discovery Health Channel's A New Face for Marlie.
Marlie suffers from McCune-Albright syndrome (polyostotic fibrous dysplasia), a genetic disorder of bones, skin pigmentation and hormonal problems, along with premature puberty.
The growth completely disfigured her facial features, causing her to become reclusive to avoid scorn and repulsion in her native country of Haiti.
Most people there believed Marlie's disfigurement was the work of the devil.
With most of her mouth and nasal passages blocked, Marlie was only able to eat and breathe through one very narrow passage.
The tumor began to close on her throat and made breathing difficult.
It would have also eventually caused blindness.
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