A Chinese baby born with a rare facial deformity that makes it appear like he is wearing a mask is being prepared for corrective surgery.

Zhao Huikang suffers from a severe form of macrostomia, a condition that leaves sufferers with an abnormally wide mouth, the Shanghai Daily reports.

Photographs of Zhao show his mouth appearing to stretch up to the middle of his face.

Zhao was born to a poor family in a rural area of the Hunan province. Family members encouraged his mother Yi Zilian to abandon him but she refused.

"The only thing I could do is to give him more love and more care and try our best to make him live a normal life," she said.

Zhao's deformity appeared so severe doctors were reluctant to let his mother see him after it was born, according to reports.

A Shanghai hospital has decided to provide free surgery to the boy to correct the deformity but Dr Ren Tianping said he may need many procedures over time as he grows up.

"Since he can't chew, the boy also suffers malnutrition," Dr Tianping said.

"Our surgery will ensure he can eat."

The procedures will repair the facial bones, muscles and surface tissue but doctors are still unsure whether the surgery will be successful.


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I know I sound insensitive right now but I wld do anything to get this kind of case where I work instead of the usual fever, convulsion, diarrhea and vomitting. DAMN!!!

WOW!

Very cute.

really cute...

Damn!!!
And some people are still indoubt about the existence of GOD.

Hmmm.......... this pix is becoming viral! got it on my facebook.

This is simply unbelievable! I hope they can effect an corrective surgery.
Cute baby

Still looks photoshopped to me, more like a superimposed face. D child is scary. D love mothers have for their children ehn.

na like dis them fine pass self, how dem wan do am pass

omenziate: Still looks photoshopped to me, more like a superimposed face. D child is scary. D love mothers have for their children ehn.

NO NA PICTURESTORE

What is cute? the baby or his condition or d story?

@Lady W,i wont mind vomiting and fever anytime any day than dis type of situation happening where even d doctors are not sure of d success of d surgery.

On a lighter note, '2-face' should consider writting a song for this baby sha.

Wish them a successful surgery

Lahila ilala muhammud rosululah s.a.w.

IRON MAN BABY

HOPE AFTER THE SURGERY HE WILL BE ABLE TO SWALLOW LIKE THIS ONE

Wild-One:
HOPE AFTER THE SURGERY HE WILL BE ABLE TO SWALLOW LIKE THIS ONE

Lol! The expression on this baby's face is simply hilarious!

Hmmm, speechless. We shld be grateful each day to God and appreciate hw we are rather than complain abt our luks.

acidtalk: Damn!!!
And some people are still indoubt about the existence of GOD.

you mean God did this? Wow! The reasoning of some people here makes me wanna wake up my great-granma from the grave, and tell her the world has get dumber

God is great!

Lady Winona: I know I sound insensitive right now but I wld do anything to get this kind of case where I work instead of the usual fever, convulsion, diarrhea and vomitting. DAMN!!!

I feeel you jare, that will be a veeery interesting case. But as you and i know, if that kinda case should happen here, people will likely resort to alternative medicine and will only come when it is almost too late to do anything. Look at when people usually come in to report with breast cancer despite all screaming and all that.

Wild-One:
HOPE AFTER THE SURGERY HE WILL BE ABLE TO SWALLOW LIKE THIS ONE

Shey that soup no dey too small for the eba? Which kind wickedness be that.

@ Topic

Life can be so cruel at times. What did the child do to deserve such a deformity? I doubt that the surgeons can restore him to normalcy.

pro01:

Shey that soup no dey too small for the eba? Which kind wickedness be that.

@ Topic

Life can be so cruel at times. What did the child do to deserve such a deformity? I doubt that the surgeons can restore him to normalcy.

BROS, THEM DON PRAY FOR THAT SOUP, THE HE CHOP, THE MORE E DE PLENTY.

My God! I hope he is not in any pain. Btw, he doesn't look malnourished to me. Chubby arms and legs. I hope his surgery is a success.

acidtalk: Damn!!!
And some people are still indoubt about the existence of GOD.

So God makes crazy baby faces?


You god sounds foolish!

Damn ! I really feel for the little child and the parents especially. What a rare congenital anomaly !

acidtalk: Damn!!!
And some people are still indoubt about the existence of GOD.

I believe in God,but how will this convince an atheist that God exists?

Dinvictus: What is cute? the baby or his condition or d story?

The baby and his face.

Lady Winona: I know I sound insensitive right now but I wld do anything to get this kind of case where I work instead of the usual fever, convulsion, diarrhea and vomitting. DAMN!!!

I hope you don't work in a Nigerian hospital, cos if u do, na mouth u just dey make, and I know you're not a surgeon, cos if u were u would know that the surgical procedure they are about carrying out on the child is a tricky one, and it might not be successful, so why would any surgeon want to take such a risk, but anyways if u're looking for strong cases I advise u change your place of work, go and work for a government owned medical facility.

cutina: IRON MAN BABY

That is correct. And also The Masked Baby.