'Being stared at was all I ever knew'

CrazyRedHead

5-6-2008 3:08 PM

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CrazyRedHead says:

In 1993, Paul Tessier, the "grandfather" of cranio-facial surgery, performed a massive procedure on him in Paris to bring his eyes closer together and lower his eyebrows. Before the operation, Adam overheard Tessier saying to his anaesthetist in French, "We're entering a patch of fog without a compass."