A mum whose face is covered in hundreds of tumours has hit back at cruel trolls who claim she should never have had kids after passing the condition to them.
Mercedes Christesen suffers from neurofibromatosis (NF) type one, a genetic condition that causes benign tumours to grow along a person’s nerves.
The 52-year-old was initially diagnosed when she was 19 but only had four or five tumours that doctors claimed were nothing serious. Read the full story here ▶
