Luna Tavares-Fenner from the USA continued treatment at a clinic in Saint Petersburg after the removal of an extensive dark birthmark, which covered most of her face and was therefore nicknamed 'Batman birthmark' by media outlets.
On Thursday, Olga Filippova, the head and leading surgeon of the Giant Nevus Center of MEDSI Group, spoke at a press conference about the child's condition after the completion of the first stage of treatment.
Footage shows doctor Olga Filippova and the girl's mother Carol Fenner speaking to reporters, after which Luna receives a gift.
The surgeon explained that at first the child had tissue expanders implanted, which stretched the healthy skin around the scar tissue.
"After a month and a half, two months later in the case of Luna, when we had already removed tissue expanders completely filled with sterile saline, we had the edges of the defect formed quite significant excesses of healthy skin, which allowed us to remove radically pathological tissues and perform plastic surgery with healthy tissues," Filippova noted.
Both Luna and her mother Carol expressed their satisfaction with the results of the surgery.
"She went to the surgery room today, and she got to the elevator. She saw her face in the mirror. She was like, wow. I have normal skin now, so I'm very very happy for her, you know like her because she's happy, so I'm happy," Carol shared.
Carol plans to return to the United States together with her daughter to save money for the next stages of treatment which are scheduled to begin in May 2025 in Russia.
The woman came to Russia with her child at the invitation of Krasnodar oncologist Pavel Popov in 2021. Luna was born with a rare skin condition called congenital melanocytic nevi, which comes with the unusual facial feature and posed a dangerous threat to the girl's life. . After learning from the media about the girl's illness, he personally wrote to the woman. The doctor removed the huge birthmark on the girl's face when she was two years old.
In April this year, Luna underwent another surgery to remove the scars which prevented the girl from closing her eyelids completely, and forced her to sleep with her eyes half-open.
'I have normal skin now'- Luna from US has scars treated at St Petersburg clinic after removing giant 'Batman mask' birthmark
Luna Tavares-Fenner from the USA continued treatment at a clinic in Saint Petersburg after the removal of an extensive dark birthmark, which covered most of her face and was therefore nicknamed 'Batman birthmark' by media outlets.
On Thursday, Olga Filippova, the head and leading surgeon of the Giant Nevus Center of MEDSI Group, spoke at a press conference about the child's condition after the completion of the first stage of treatment.
Footage shows doctor Olga Filippova and the girl's mother Carol Fenner speaking to reporters, after which Luna receives a gift.
The surgeon explained that at first the child had tissue expanders implanted, which stretched the healthy skin around the scar tissue.
"After a month and a half, two months later in the case of Luna, when we had already removed tissue expanders completely filled with sterile saline, we had the edges of the defect formed quite significant excesses of healthy skin, which allowed us to remove radically pathological tissues and perform plastic surgery with healthy tissues," Filippova noted.
Both Luna and her mother Carol expressed their satisfaction with the results of the surgery.
"She went to the surgery room today, and she got to the elevator. She saw her face in the mirror. She was like, wow. I have normal skin now, so I'm very very happy for her, you know like her because she's happy, so I'm happy," Carol shared.
Carol plans to return to the United States together with her daughter to save money for the next stages of treatment which are scheduled to begin in May 2025 in Russia.
The woman came to Russia with her child at the invitation of Krasnodar oncologist Pavel Popov in 2021. Luna was born with a rare skin condition called congenital melanocytic nevi, which comes with the unusual facial feature and posed a dangerous threat to the girl's life. . After learning from the media about the girl's illness, he personally wrote to the woman. The doctor removed the huge birthmark on the girl's face when she was two years old.
In April this year, Luna underwent another surgery to remove the scars which prevented the girl from closing her eyelids completely, and forced her to sleep with her eyes half-open.
Luna Tavares-Fenner from the USA continued treatment at a clinic in Saint Petersburg after the removal of an extensive dark birthmark, which covered most of her face and was therefore nicknamed 'Batman birthmark' by media outlets.
On Thursday, Olga Filippova, the head and leading surgeon of the Giant Nevus Center of MEDSI Group, spoke at a press conference about the child's condition after the completion of the first stage of treatment.
Footage shows doctor Olga Filippova and the girl's mother Carol Fenner speaking to reporters, after which Luna receives a gift.
The surgeon explained that at first the child had tissue expanders implanted, which stretched the healthy skin around the scar tissue.
"After a month and a half, two months later in the case of Luna, when we had already removed tissue expanders completely filled with sterile saline, we had the edges of the defect formed quite significant excesses of healthy skin, which allowed us to remove radically pathological tissues and perform plastic surgery with healthy tissues," Filippova noted.
Both Luna and her mother Carol expressed their satisfaction with the results of the surgery.
"She went to the surgery room today, and she got to the elevator. She saw her face in the mirror. She was like, wow. I have normal skin now, so I'm very very happy for her, you know like her because she's happy, so I'm happy," Carol shared.
Carol plans to return to the United States together with her daughter to save money for the next stages of treatment which are scheduled to begin in May 2025 in Russia.
The woman came to Russia with her child at the invitation of Krasnodar oncologist Pavel Popov in 2021. Luna was born with a rare skin condition called congenital melanocytic nevi, which comes with the unusual facial feature and posed a dangerous threat to the girl's life. . After learning from the media about the girl's illness, he personally wrote to the woman. The doctor removed the huge birthmark on the girl's face when she was two years old.
In April this year, Luna underwent another surgery to remove the scars which prevented the girl from closing her eyelids completely, and forced her to sleep with her eyes half-open.