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My Shocking Story - The Man With No Face

My Shocking Story - The Man With No Face: Introduction

My Shocking Story - The Man With No Face: Introduction - (01:08)

For the past 35 years, 51 year-old Jose Mestre, from Lisbon, has been losing his face to a massive growth, distorting it out of all recognition Gallery: My Shocking Story

  • Added: 03-Feb-2008
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" For the last 20 years, a man has sat everyday in a square in Lisbon, Portugal. Jose Mestre has lost his face to a massive growth distorting it out of all recognition, and it's still growing. Cared for by his sister, his ability to see and speak worsens by the day."

" [unk]."

" What I want is that people can see the reality. That they don't think I'm a bad person."

" Now Jose and his family are planning a trip to London for one last chance to stop his face from suffocating him."

" I can't begin to imagine what it's like for Jose because I've never seen a patient with as bad a disfigurement as Jose's."

" His dream is to live a long and normal life, but is he leaving surgery too late?"

" and what I do fear for he die. Okay,"

" die alone"

" ."

" Not with me. For me, finished."

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