
A teenager who suffers from a rare genetic condition which makes her look middle-aged has been given new confidence thanks to pioneering facelift surgery.
Zara Hartshorn, 16, from Rotherham, south Yorkshire, had to endure years of cruel taunts and even physical abuse because of her appearance.
She inherited lipodystrophy - which makes her skin looked wrinkled and twisted - from her mother Tracey Gibson who also suffers from the illness.Her skin lacked elasticity and looked wrinkled and twisted.Endured years of bullying at school being called 'monkey' and 'granny'.Once made to get off a bus because driver would not believe she was a child.