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Help! I'm 16 but look 60 (tonight at 9pm, C5)

Anyone see the ad during Big Brother? It looks really shocking and interesting

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Ageing is skin deep...

There's nothing wrong with growing old gracefully. Now there's a phrase that's bandied around all the time, but for Zara Hartshorn from Rotherham, its meaning has a lot more significance.

She is just 16 years old, but has a rare genetic condition that has left her skin loose and wrinkly, and as a result, she looks a lot older. Zara inherited the condition from her mum Tracey, who although 43, looks like a pensioner.

Tracey was diagnosed as a child with lipodystrophy, and Zara suffers from the same. But while the illness causes aesthetic problems, potentially serious side effects include diabetes and blocked arteries which could lead to a risk of heart attacks and strokes.

In this documentary, Tracey, Zara and sister Chloe (who doesn't have the condition) all travel to Texas to get cosmetic surgery advice, and chat with a specialist.

The trip throws up plenty of surprises, as Dr Ersek agrees to give Zara (his youngest-ever patient) a facelift, but the women also receive the news that their medical condition isn't what they initially thought - it is in fact a much rarer condition called cutis laxa…

They come up with trashy titles for these documentaries don't they?

shes pushing it a bit saying she looks like 60. More like 80.

Poor girl :( her sis is very pretty ( if you ignore the scouse brows)

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Originally Posted by Kizzy (Post 6110738)

Poor girl :( her sis is very pretty ( if you ignore the scouse brows)

Err that's her 2 year old daughter...

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Originally Posted by Marc (Post 6110743)

Err that's her 2 year old daughter...

:joker:

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Originally Posted by Marc (Post 6110743)

Err that's her 2 year old daughter...

:laugh3:

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Originally Posted by Marc (Post 6110743)

Err that's her 2 year old daughter...

:laugh3:

I'll be watching this..

It must be awful to be so young and look so old,poor girls.

i hate these ****ed up documentaries that channel 5 always promote..it really ****s up my day when i see an ad for a guy with half a face

I would watch if Italy wasn't playing tonight. :hugesmile:

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Originally Posted by Karl (Post 6112190)

i hate these ****ed up documentaries that channel 5 always promote..it really ****s up my day when i see an ad for a guy with half a face

:joker:

Really happy for her, she seems beyond happy

But then it ends on a sad note :(

Ah okay it doesn't haha, good for her though

Aw she looks so much better, this was a really sad doc tho

I just saw the last half of this last, poor girl, what an awful condition :/