Model with are genetic condition has left her bald and without any teeth

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A model has spoken out about her determination to break into the fashion industry, and suffers from a rare genetic condition which causes growth abnormalities. 27 year old Melanie Gaydos, was born with ectodermal dysplasia. It is a genetic disorder that affects the growth of teeth, pores, cartilage, nails and even small bones. Melanie is bald, and doesn’t have any adult teeth. Dealing with negative comments, Melanie, a Connecticut native, talked to Yahoo! Style about getting her start in modelling. She also said why she refuses to wear dental implants despite not having any teeth. She said, ‘People are more comfortable when I have teeth in my mouth. But I’m not.’

Melanie also has a bilateral cleft palette and alopecia. It inhibits natural hair growth. As a child, unchecked eyelash growth damaged her corneas and resulted in partial blindness which was caused by the form of alopecia causes ingrown hairs. It wasn’t until she was 26 that Melanie, who counts Miley Cyrus among her fans, got her first set of false teeth , while appearing on the medical talk show The Doctors even after having spent years dealing with the symptoms of her condition. Saying that although she thought getting teeth would be ‘life-changing’, she was actually happier the way she was, she stopped wearing the dentures only eight months after the episode aired.
Melanie revealed, ‘I always had this fascination of being larger than life. I wanted to be on a billboard or on a big movie screen. I think it helps other people to see me in a different way rather than if they met me on the street, and what their preconceived notions might be.’ Eventually, a boyfriend convinced her to try modelling. Melanie recalled: ‘He helped me to understand that I am the only person who looks like me, that there was potential.’

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