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‘Do not feel bad mum’: Chinese girl, 5, with no nasal bridge comforts mother ‘people can say whatever they want’, becomes symbol of defiance
- The girl can only breathe through her mouth and she often turns red when she struggles to find her breath
- The disorder can probably be fixed through plastic surgery, but she’ll need to wait until she is 16 years old
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A brave five-year-old girl nicknamed Lele from central China has come to represent defiance in the face of a physical disability that left her without a nasal bridge.
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In one video shared by her mother, surnamed Zhang, the little girl from Henan province was playing outside alone. When her mother asked her why, Lele responded: “No child wants to play with me because I look different from them.”
But rather than feeling sorry for herself, Lele told her mother: “Do not feel bad, mum. Let people say whatever they want.”
Zhang said: “Lele being sensitive to my feelings makes me feel even worse for her.”
Zhang told Henan Television that the girl’s nose stopped growing when she was about two years old. Besides, Lele also has a jaw disorder, which makes her face hard to the touch.
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The disability means her nasal cavity is obstructed by bones because the nose would normally be lifted away from the skull by the bridge, which means she can only breathe with her mouth.
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