Thomas Stevenson, who was suffering from disfiguring rhinophyma, was afraid he wouldn't be wanted in family pictures
A grandad had a huge growth on his nose cut off privately because he was afraid his granddaughter wouldn’t want him in her 18th birthday photos.
Thomas said: “My granddaughter was approaching her 18th birthday and I just knew she wouldn’t want me in the photographs.” At another clinic in February this year he was informed that no procedures for rhinophyma were being offered, meaning he would stay on the list with no idea when, or even if, treatment would take place.
Freedom of information requests revealed the disease has been routinely dismissed by health boards despite the debilitating impact it has on sufferers. He submitted requests for definitive information, asking boards how many patients had been referred to an NHS plastic surgery/dermatology consultant for rhinophyma since 2019.The only board which did have the information – Greater Glasgow and Clyde – reported that 32 referrals had been made for NHS plastic surgery for rhinophyma since 2019.
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