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| Surgeons give teenager a new chin | Surgeons give teenager a new chin |
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| A teenager from Ireland has been given a new "million dollar chin" by surgeons in America. | A teenager from Ireland has been given a new "million dollar chin" by surgeons in America. |
| Alan Doherty, 19, from Donegal, was born with a rare condition called otofacial syndrome, which effectively meant he had no lower half to his face. | |
| His parents were told he was unlikely to survive. | His parents were told he was unlikely to survive. |
| But after a huge fundraising effort by local people, he has become the first person to have a series of operations to create a new jaw and chin. | But after a huge fundraising effort by local people, he has become the first person to have a series of operations to create a new jaw and chin. |
| Alan spent much of his early life in hospital, but coped with not being to talk or swallow. | |
| However, he found it very difficult to deal with people constantly staring at him in he street. |