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Twelve Year-Old Girl With Facial Paralysis Is Smiling Again After Cutting-Edge Facial Plastic Surgery
Date:6/9/2009

As a two-year-old, Adyana developed facial paralysis following a routine cold. Although she and her family were otherwise happy and healthy, little Adyana could no longer smile.

Beverly Hills, CA (PRWEB) June 9, 2009 -- Born in Puerto Rico, Adyana later moved to Florida where her parents hoped to find a qualified plastic surgeon to help their daughter look as happy on the outside as she felt on the inside. Turns out, it wasn't such an easy task! In fact, Adyana's family searched for years and years to find someone to help their daughter regain her smile. After poring through newspapers, magazines and on the Internet, they finally found Dr. Babak Azizzadeh at the Facial Paralysis Institute in California.

Who would have ever thought the Florida family would find a doctor 3,000 miles away?! But finding a doctor who specializes in facial paralysis isn't easy, and the family wanted nothing but the best for their little daughter.

Fortunately, they came to the right place: Dr. Azizzadeh is one of the few facial plastic surgeons experienced in facial paralysis and nerve reconstruction in the country. Dr. Azizzadeh is the course director of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Advances in Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and the author of one of the foremost textbooks in plastic surgery entitled Master Techniques in Facial Rejuvenation.

Adyana and her parents were excited about the trip to Beverly Hills, but this was no sunny vacation to California. At the time of her surgery, Adyana was about to start elementary school. She was extremely sensitive about her facial paralysis and particularly concerned about how she might be perceived by her classmates. How could she possibly make new friends, Adyana and her family wondered, if she couldn't smile?

As an expert in facial paralysis, Dr. Azizzadeh understood not only the little girl's concerns but also the struggle she fac
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