Iraqi girl, 17, with 2 noses successfully operated upon

New Delhi: Doctors at a city hospital conducted a successful rare reconstructive surgery of a 17-year-old Iraqi girl with two noses. For the surgery, the old nose bones were broken away and a new nose was constructed.

According to doctors, Benafsha (name changed) had inborn nose deformity, wherein instead of one, she had two nose bones. This not only deshaped her nose, it also gave a very odd look to her face.

Talking about the surgery, the medical director of KAS Medical Centre and MedSpa, Dr Ajaya Kashyap, said: “The family had come from Iraq with very high hopes. But the situation of the girl was very unusual; it was a kind of medical challenge for us. Obviously, a reconstruction surgery was her only treatment. What she needed was one of the rarest surgeries.”