An Indian man suffering from a facial deformity lives in constant pain after giving up on ever having surgery to remove his 9lbs ‘trunk’.
Chana Lal, 35, cannot eat or talk properly because of the tumour which has grown from his face down to his chest.
Mr Lal, who lives in a remote village just outside Lucknow, in Uttar Pradesh, northern India, avoids mirrors and lives alone, supported by his two nieces.
He suffers from severe neurofibromatosis, which has seen what was once a small facial deformity grow into a 9lbs 'trunk'.
Mr Lal has attempted surgery in the past, most recently ten years ago, but nearly bled to death and doctors told him to never try it again if he wanted to
live.
Mr Lal, the youngest of eight siblings, lives as a recluse, and gets through his day-to-day chores with the help of two of his nieces.
He said: ‘I have an ugly face; I don’t even like looking at myself in the mirror so I don't expect anyone else to look at me either.
‘I would love to have surgery but I have lost all hope. I almost died last time I had surgery so I doubt anything can be done to this face.’
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