Latest news: Parry Romberg Syndrome: 11-year-old Christina Honeycutt suffered from Parry-Romberg syndrome, a rare disease that causes half of her face to deteriorate. the affected side of the face of Christina appeared to age faster and eventually wither • Parry Romberg Syndrome: NIH Information
• Photos of Parry-Romberg syndrome patients (chart)
Also known as progressive hemifacial atrophy, Parry-Romberg syndrome, immune system disorder that affects perhaps one in a million people and tends to strike when the patient is five to 15 years. There is no cure for the syndrome Parry-Romberg, but there are surgical options, such as Christina Honeycutt and her family learned.Christina's mom, Vicki Honeycutt, contacted a plastic surgeon named Dr. John Siebert, Dr.Siebert described the operation to restore a person Christine Honeycutt as "building a teddy bear, taking healthy tissue from the armpit and Cristina implanted under the skin. implanted tissue, then grows with the surrounding tissues.Surgery on the face, Christine Honeycutt was a success, but it is not a fairy tale ending. Christina should be regularly fine-tuning, and may require another major surgery at some point down the line. Now, however, it seems, Kristin Honeycutt could return to school and be treated normally in other children.
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