I was born with cysts on my face and called a monster by trolls — but now I’m happier than ever
By SWNS,
2024-09-18
A woman who was born with fluid filled cysts on her face was called a monster and trolled by 10,000 strangers — but now feels “happier” than ever.
Indira de Rooij, 25, was born with lymphatic malformation — where lymph vessels form abnormally — when her parents spotted something was wrong with her face.
The cysts were on her chin, tongue and throat and she had to have a tracheotomy fitted to help her breathe and over 30 surgeries to reduce the malformations.
Indira stopped undergoing operations when she reached school age due to the risk of paralyzing her face.
She has finally accepted how she looks but suffered years of bulling and says cruel kids would take photos of her.
She was even trolled on X, formally Twitter, aged 16 for being compared to a monster with a facial disfigurement — which racked up 10,000 likes.
Indira has undergone lots of therapy and now feels her happiest.
Indira, a nurse, from Almere, Netherlands said: “I went viral when I was 16. I was compared to a movie monster with a facial disfigurement.
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