Facial deformity?

[237SJ]

I was walking down the road in Bangkok and passed a middle aged female beggar sitting on the pavement. The only way I can describe her face is that it looked like melting wax. It wasn`t saggy like an aging face but the skin seemed to fall down her face in large drips. Her eyelids reached down to the tops of her cheeks and her whole face was covered in what looked like the drips you see down the side of a candle. Is this a recognised deformity? I`ve often wonderedd what it is. I`ve never seen anything like it in my life.

[David H]

There are a few similar disorders of skin elasticity, but cutis laxa is a likely reason

http://webeye.ophth.u...alasis-palpebrae.html

[237SJ]

Thanks David but it wasn`t anything like that. It`s hard to describe but it wasn`t just the eyelids or bags under the eyes. It was like her whole face had huge drips coming off it.

[jomifl]

Hi 237, Your description reminded me of a photo of someone with a very similar deformity. I just cannot think where I saw it or what it was though.

[237SJ]

Yes, I tried googling pictures too. It`s a shame that in some countries, people with such deformities are cast out and end up on the streets.

[GARFEELD888]

neurofibromatosis??? Media URL: http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=crmas&va=neurofibromatosis
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[GARFEELD888]

neurofibromatosis...maybe??? Media URL: http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=crmas&va=neurofibromatosis
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[GARFEELD888]

is this the lady? Media URL: http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A2KJkPsgtRhQW3EAoyqJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3F_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Dneurofibromatosis%26fr%3Dcrmas%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3
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[GARFEELD888]

is this the photo:

http://images.search....ld&.crumb=cNK8V66soF0