A teenager whose giant facial tumour caused his mother to disown him has had surgery and has been reunited with his family. Kambou Sie travelled from his hometown of Bondoukou in the Ivory Coast to Italy for life-changing treatment to tackle the tumour engulfing his whole face. Stunning before and after pictures show the 18-year-old's transformation after surgeons reconstructed his face. The 18-year-old, known as Prosper, was 10 years old when the aggressive mass first started to appear on his cheek. Source: MacmillanThree weeks after his surgery, Prosper returned to his home in the Ivory Coast, where his community rejected him.

Source: Daily Mail October 19, 2018 11:09 UTC