At night before bed, Kynlee Rogers would often ask her mother: “Mom, why am I different?” Born with a bilateral cleft lip, Kynlee, 10, began noticing her facial differences around age 6. Other ...

I am a retired professional nurse and nurse practitioner born with facial difference — a complete bilateral cleft lip and palate, which consists of splits or gaps on both sides of the upper lip ...

This can cause a bilateral cleft lip, closely spaced eyes, or a depressed nose. The features might be unaffected.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — 17-year-old Jackson Doane knows firsthand the difference cleft surgery and care can make. "I was born with a bilateral cleft lip and cleft palate," said Doane. "I've had 11 ...

Eleven-month-old Mateo was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate — a split on both sides of his lip and the roof of his mouth. His mom, Georgina Quillas, found out during an ultrasound when ...

Eldridge was particularly touched by a baby girl who had a bilateral cleft lip, or two clefts in the upper lip. Maintaining her oxygen after surgery was difficult, but "amazing" teamwork kept her ...

A severe, bilateral cleft lip and palate prevented him from successfully breastfeeding, and he aspirated her milk. Many times children born into difficult circumstances in China are abandoned at city ...

Heidi Salt, who is 20 and lives in Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire, was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate and had many surgeries when she was younger.