European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Byjoe Cowanjr. Associated pressm Onica Tovar. A Young Mexico cily girl born with a disfiguring facial growth has been Given a new face by a Denver Laslie surgeon who Donald his skills. The shy 8-year-old has endured playmates taunts two operations in Mexico three in Denver and i he Prospect of others during whal will be a 10-year project to remove completely scars and blemishes when she is 16 or 17 and ready to Date i la be finished said her surgeon or. Thomas Gargan chill of plastic surgery at Rose medical censer. Monica is a unique child he said As he showed slides illustrating How Monica looked before and Afler the $ 10,000 procedure. This Little girl with such Beautiful hair has impressed me with her courage. There is something that tears at your Heartstrings when you operate on a i tie girl like Monica was born with a congenital hairy nevus a Black hairy Blotch covering much of the lot Side of her face. Gargan said such a growth occurring in fewer than 100,000 bit los. Is just like ape skin or Chimpanzee skin. It is something Liko a mole and As much As 8,5 percent of them develop into cancerous Melanomas. I be never seen one this bad he said. Traditionally you Cut out a growth such As Monica s and you put on a thick skin graft. The problem is that it looks like a Patch. The color does t match and there is some contraction in the so Gargan undertook a relatively new procedure beginning in june 1986. When he inserted an inflatable bag under the skin of her neck along the jaw line. Using a valve placed behind Monica s ear Gargan injected Saline solution into the bag once a week. As the bag expanded it Sorc Tchad Monica s skin. Usually kids Don t to Crale the skin expander very Well the doctor said. She cried a Lille at times but she was so Brave. Eventually the skin became so thin you could almost see through it. I Lell i had gone As far As i so in september 1986, Gargan Cut away the growth. The skin which had been stretched amounting to a Large Flap was pulled up and Over the area where the nevus had been. The surgery was extensive on Monica s Ace neck and Chesl involving hundreds of stitches. After the surgery Monica had to Wear a compression mask Over her head for one year 23 hours a Day. Made of a Woven Clastic material the mask had openings for her eyes nose Mouth and ears and was kept Light by velcro fasteners. The mask minimizes scarring and squeezes the swelling out of the Flap Gargan explained during that year Monica s Long dark hair had to be kept Crew Cut Short. After the year Gargan performed a second graft under Monica s Bottom lip and in time he will do a Chin implant because her Chin flattened out a bit from the Flap being pulled up Gargan says More work will be needed in the years ahead As Monica matures and her adult facial features develop. Monica speaking partly in Spanish and partly in English says she is Happy the growth is gone and does t mind facing More surgery because she knows it Wilt make her look belter. But Monica admits she would like to return to Mexico. I want to go tomorrow. Our living is so different Here she said in the cramped three loom apartment she shares with her parents brother and two Sisters. I miss Mexico and my friends Monica says but she admits she likes american to and amusement Parks Monica s parents. Francisco and Magda Tovar Are working at menial Obs to support the family. In Mexico cily Francisco was an administrative accountant and he family lived comfortably. Our Standard of living is lower Here mrs. Tovar said in Spanish. But we Are Happy to do it Tor Monica. We will do everything we can. We Hope some Day we can help other in addition to Gargan s donated services an organization called friends of Man has helped with the medical costs. Monica s parents Are now at least partially covered by medical insurance. Monica completed the Toursh Grade this month and was looking Forward to a lot of her favorite class was Art she says because i get to draw with crayons. Magic markers and so on. I realty enjoy Gargan last saw Monica in april when he re contoured her Chin. He also revised the scar along the left Side of the nose to bring 11 in do it fit in Wilh Iho crease termed by the nose and the Cheek so it is less Noti Cabla the re contouring was to help define the Chin More clearly. She is an extremely courageous Little girl he says what has impressed me so much is the courage she has shown despite multiple Complex operations wearing that balloon on her face for so Long and having such pain. She went through Allol that like a to of safety of zone danger zone safety zone keep Peti Habte foodstuff tout of it � danger zone. Often mixed into the Mayonnaise Chicken shrimp and egg Tor example. The Mayonnaise containing acidic Lemon juice acts to retard bacterial growth. Bui you would do Well to slay away from homemade Mayonnaise containing Iresh raw egg. Eggs have recently been implicated in a dramatic Rise in reported cases of Salmonella in the East. Generally speaking the rules Tor keeping food Safe do not change during the hot months you just need to be especially aware of them. When food is Tell on the counter during the summer in takes less time to warm up to 10 degrees the temperature at which bacteria Wake up stretch and jump out of bed. Be especially vigilant therefore about putting Tett overs Back in the refrigerator As soon As possible. Al a picnic if there is food left that you wish to save Roeurn it to the cooler for the trip Home and then refrigerate in right away. Do not use a family picnic to try out your new recipe Tor eclairs or anything else that contains Cream or pastry Cream the filling is a moist medium with just the right acid base balance and the Correct nutrients id feed Many n meandering microbe. Food borne illness is caused mainly by bacteria which grow in food at certain temperatures to prevent their growth Lood has to be kept above 60 degrees cent brigade 140 degrees fahrenheit or below 10 degrees centigrade 50 degrees fahrenheit. A Large number of food borne illness outbreaks result from food being prepared several hours before eating. Sweets May curb craving for nicotine by Daniel q. Haney associated press o anyone who has Foughi and won a personal War on smoking this conclusion of medical research probably won t come As a great Shock giving up cigarettes Sharpens the Sweet Looth. Of course in s Well known that people who kick the Habil gain weigh. What in t known is if giving up cigarettes makes people Eal More of everything or just some things or in it slows the Way they Burn Energy. To Home degree All three May play a role but researchers from the uniformed services University of the health sciences in Bethesda my Lourk that a sudden craving for sweets appears to be the major culprit or. Neil e. Grunberg who Heads the research says people May eat sugar to relieve the symptoms of withdrawal from nicotine the addictive substance in cigarettes. Although the theory is unproven it s possible the body uses the extra sugar to produce chemicals that help the brain get Over the misery of doing without cigarettes. Or. Susan Winders a researcher in Grunberg s lab says the latest research translates into this advice it you want to Slop smoking but slay thin have a lot of artificial sweeteners around and make a particular Effort to avoid sweets. Just know thai you Are Likely to have a problem with or. Ellen Gritz of the University of California at los Angeles says there is also preliminary evidence that chewing nicotine gum to break the cigarette habit May help keep weight olt. Studies have shown that tear of gaining weight is a major excuse for continuing to smoke especially among women. Bui As far As health is concerned this argument makes no sense. The risk of a five or 10-Pound weight gain is infinitely tiny compared with the risk of continued smoking notes Gritz. Scientific studies going Back to the 1800s have documented the link Between giving up smoking and gaining weight. Or. Robert c. Klesges of Memphis state University reviewed the data from 70 of the most recent of these reports. Together they suggest that smokers weigh an average of seven pounds less than non smokers. And when people give up smoking they gain an average of six pounds. Klesges said he could Lind no support Lor the Olen repeated statistic that one third of quitters gain weight one third lose weight and on third slay the same. Instead the Dala Sug goals that two thirds gain one third slay the same and virtually nobody loses weight. Some research also hints that people s resting metabolic rates Iho amount of Energy their bodies use when they Are doing nothing Falls alter they Stop smoking but this idea is still not proven conclusively ii May be that both dietary intake and metabolic rate Are involved probably in Complex ways Klesges said. One Experiment Al the uniformed services University showed that people giving up cigarettes when Given a Chance will eat tar More sweets than smokers. However most of their evidence for sugar craving is based on research with rats that Are Given continuous doses of nicotine. Tuesday june 14,1988 the stars and St pipes Page 17
