Briana's Beautiful Smile: Overcoming an Oral Cleft Lip and Palate
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- Briana was born with an oral cleft lip and palate but that was no obstacle for her. After four surgeries and more than 20 years, she is a beautiful, successful young woman. Gifts from our community through the Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital Foundation help support this vital program for babies born with this disfigurement.
I was born with a cleft lip and palate and growing up wasn’t easy. I was constantly getting made fun of for my speech, nose, and mouth by peers and strangers. So, watching this is amazing and heartfelt. ❤
Hey... I'm having same issue can you please tell me which career you choose for yourself
same.
Same here @@Samanthaplayz97112
I was born with cleft lip and palate and I would say the only real problem i have with it is looks, im decently attractive as is, i have a girlfriend and im popular at school, its just that insecurity of my lip, nose, and underbite. But everything aside from that is completely fine, i dont have many surgeries, but when i do i always come out fine. Basically im trying to tell others who are like me and have cleft lip/palate, that you shouldnt let the lip and shit get to you. Just be confident about yourself, and nothing can get to you. I let it make me insecure for years, but once i started realizing it didnt matter, EVERYTHING took a complete turn for the better.
hey thanks that actually means a lot bc i’ve been struggling with it lately :,(
@@coz8568 if i have to say anything about having cleft lip/palette, i’d say its a gift. It allows you to see things that most others cant as it means when you get friends, it means they like you for YOU, not your looks. God bless you, and hope you have an amazing day!!
Hi! My boyfriend has a cleft lip and palate. And I love him so much and I'm very proud of him! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@carterthathird1420 trueee I have been insecure about my look now ik it's nothing to get insecure about thank you for giving me hope and makes me believe that you are beautiful the way you're :)) I won't let that happen again and yeahh merry christmas to the person who is unknown but gave me a great lessons by these words ⛄❄️💌
Thank you❤ I needed this. I’m very insecure about my cleft
my best friend was adopted from a small country in asia, on the verge of death from starvation, had a cleft lip, and was abandoned by her birth parents, and now she’s a beautiful woman who’s smart and amazing, couldn’t be more proud
I am so proud of her aswell despite of this she is still so brave.. i know how hard and tough the world is for people like us.. i don't have a cleft lip and or hard palate only a small split in my soft palate but it caused me to talk with a lisp and i have a pit on my lower lip which also caused me to pronounce words differently.. my brother and sister had it harder then me but i saw how much pain it caused them i am forever grateful for my grandparents they adopted us and gave us what we have now.. i am happily married toe a wonderful husband and i have a diploma in media and graphic designing.. and im a self taught artist... and we have a now 4 month old son who was born with a cleft lip and palate and we love him to bits... he is my sunshine.. and this is from a girl who grew up without a mother and a mother who complained to others she wanted normal kids.. its very mentally disturbing to us as kids and as grown adults.. they told me how does it feel to not even been loved by your own mother at primart schools its hard..
As someone with a cleft palate. I don’t feel lonely after watching this.
i was born with bilateral cleft lip and palate and it's so hard... im about to have a second jaw surgery done to correct my under bite on Wednesday. im a ball of emotions right now, but excited definitely.
how was your jaw surgery?
I am sorry I never saw this but I hope everything turned out wonderful for you. You are an amazing person to share parts of your journey. Feel free to contact me. Much love ❤️❤️
SAME! hope everything went well!
Its made me cry... So wonderful! Greetings from Romania!
Hey
it's really hard for me to deal with speech problem for my whole life...people hardly understand what im saying, so it affect my social skills. i rarely made friends, as im not talking much. im mentally weak, and the anxiety of thinking what will i go through the next days...i need speech treatment, but looks like it's too late already, im about to be an adult
i wish i can talk freely like everyone else..and be my true self without feeling afraid to talk...
Edit:All the replies makes me cry...Yall are good and amazing people 🥺 Thank you so much!!
I'm really sorry that you go through this. I hope you make many friends and have the happy experiences in life that you deserve.
Please just stay strong and remember that good people will be patient with you, and try to understand you even when speaking is difficult.
Where are you now? If you have time, please let us know.
I myself struggle with this problem i know its hard.. its breaking when you just want to speek but people eather give you the disgusting eye and or like with me when im on the phone talking to someone they just tell me i talk to funny for them to understand and that they dont want to talk to me... it breaks me and it gives me anxiety to even speek most of my days... but it was even wors when i went to collage where i had to speek infront of 100 to 200 people it did so much to me but i was determined to be even better then i thought i could be myself... i went on to get my diploma with being the top preforming student in my class but now i have a son with both a lip and palate and its extremely to know i couldn't give him the happiest and perfects childhood for what is to come.
Please be confident 😊
Just throw out those toxic people from your life who make fun of you they don't deserve your attention ❤
My son is having same issue 😔
But I keep on encouraging him 😊
Its your life live it in way you like
Always be happy ❤
Beautiful.. my son was born with a Cleft lip & Palate
Keep up the good work!
Thank you and thanks for sharing your son journey. Feel free to contact me. Much love ❤️❤️
@Charlie Charlie what
@Charlie Charlie fuck you piece of shit
Wow she is such a beautiful girl
Who elese hates there nose more than their lip from cleft lip
Me😭
:/ yea..
I hate my nose honestly my lips are fine but my side profile is hideaous because I have an underbite
Dawg me 😂 does anyone else have a speech impediment because of it
Me
Come on how many people have this too,i have the same thig too and I hate it a lot but sometimes i think my nose will never look same as nose of normal people
I think about that everyday and I know I'm special I had to accept that with a cleft lip and palate I may have a crooked nose and I can accept that. I have been looking at getting surgery done on it but because of breathing issues not appearance.
@@bjt0000 yeah,I will just think positive and I guess the surgery will end good i hope i will be happy with my nose
@@David-eo1ck change your perspective it's hard and will take time but you're not made to look like everyone else, you are made in the image of yourself be proud of yourself because there isn't anyone like you.
@@bjt0000 okay, thank you you teached me a lot of things now
@@bjt0000 same here
i have Cleft clip and palate but my voice are ugly they can't understand me on what am i saying..and its hard for me to speak clearly..im very sad i wish i can speak clearly like you even my lip and nose are not equal..i'm 19 y/o male :D
XeD iDik God loves you❤️🌷and nothing about YOU is ugly.
I am sorry I never saw this but you are a beautiful soul. Learn to build your confidence by defining what you are worth. I have had a lot of self esteem issues but it allowed me to build on my weakness. In due time you will be able to be as fluent in speaking even if you have to practice. I have slight speech impediment but I don't let it define me. Much love and feel free to contact me ❤️❤️
Me too😞😞I have cleft lip and palate... people can't understand my voice clearly
I may not know you or know the hardships you face everyday but i extend my big hugs to you wherever you are now and telling you that you are perfect in your own special way, you are awesome, you are strong and you are brave. Being sad is okay, but its up to you whether you wanna be sad forever or be confident and own who you are and what makes you stand out.
Great smile:)
Thank you much love ❤️❤️
I was born with a clef lip palate. Bak in 1970. I'm now 43. I still find it a challenge goin thru life. But vi know vim one of the lucky ones.
I am sorry I never saw this but thank you for sharing your journey and I like to say I am lucky as well. You have a beautiful soul much love to you ❤️❤️
Same here. Im 42 heading to 43. My surgery was not done correctly so I have crooked front teeth and very visible scars.
Beautiful girl Masha'Allah. Allah/God bless you :)
Thank you much love ❤️❤️
You are so beautiful 😍
Be confident ❤and your smile is really very lovely 😍
I have a cleft lip and palate but may palate is not yet surgeries 😭
Beautiful smile sis
You’re beautiful 🙏🥰
The shape of her nose can she do another surgery to be more normal than it but at the moment she is very normal but need alittele are that made be? I want to know any information about this . Because I'm suffering from this
my future husband has a cleft lip but it doesn't hold him back he's smart, kind, funny and a very capable young man i love and admire him very much ❤️ I can't wait to marry him one day
Grreat job doc
A final nose surgery and nobody would know you had cleft once..... Even your voice, you sound so normal
Which surgery are you talking about?
Which surgery bto?
My situation is different
I have a cleft lip caused by amniotic band syndrome, amniotic band syndrome is very rare already but it’s more uncommon to have a band or more latch on your face
so not only do I have a cleft lip that is slightly less relatable than others
But I also have fingers and toes harmed from amniotic bands.
I’m almost 14 but as I have grown more I have learned more things, how humans react, how I am unable to find others with this struggle, how students study what I have grown into for a successful career
there’s so much to this little body that wasn’t supposed to make it, a lot comes with it and I know it’s the same for everyone but I have a different view.
I genuinely wonder what I’d be like if I weren’t born with my differences- would I be more successful in school? Could I go outside without the worry of judgement? I don’t know and I know I won’t know what that’s like
When covid happened and everyone had to wear masks I found that I could hide my differences, I was able to hide my hand with my sleeve too, and nobody knew that I was different besides childhood friends, it started off as a normal thing then as a “oh this is a chance” then to me slowly going crazy
As my features were hidden I got more attention and I learned that I hated that, I lived a small bit of the view that other people got and it made me feel guilty that the new people I met didn’t really know me, I was only able to tell one person in that whole school of my features and they accepted me (💗)
But I am still too scared
All these different things I deal with are slowly sending me to psychological distress, like,
Is this all just a test to see how far someone like me will go? Does that sound crazy?
I don’t know but I don’t like it very much
I wonder If I was somewhat normal if I’d be dissociating or depressed
But I honestly don’t want to die, I do want to see how far I’ll go even if I don’t like the majority of this life I will still try my best
and my cats would be sad
My son also has a lip clip and palate.. Im in 🇵🇭 Philippines
Hey
I’m a twin too like that!
I was going to have clef lip and I recovered from it in the womb it was a miricale I love Christ!
God bless
Wow! Wow! Indeed with God all things are possible
You can go f%ck yourself. " Oh no, I ALMOST had a horrible birth defect, but I am special and saved. "
Your comment was extremely offensive and tone deaf to the people born with this condition.
@@justforviewing2 thank you, I have a cleft lip and that comment was so rude
@Estefania Sanchez garcia yes that comment was rude. I don't like when people use God all the time.
Hi Briana😇you are very beautiful girl. I have cleft lip and palate like you
I want be this way. Not anything I am willing. Before I die I must do this operations.
she’s cute
I'm 22 now can i fix my nose ?
Bruh im 21 and I’ve done only 1 surgery back when i was a baby,but thankfully i can talk like a normal person but only my appearance like my nose and the underbite
But you know you get Laszer in your scare to take off
i don’t think so cause i’ve already tried to ask for that