Given that the various parts of the face are utilized for a multitude of sensations, including taste, smell,

and sight, most people are born with a normal face. However, can you image living without a nose?

From the day of her birth, Tessa Evans, a little child, has gone through this. The adorable girl was born with Bosma Arhinia Microphthalmia Syndrome,

an extremely uncommon genetic illness, which includes complete loss of the nose as one of its symptoms, according to raredisease.org.

Less than one hundred people worldwide have been diagnosed with this ailment, including Tessa. Grianne, her mother, wrote about their experience for the Irish Independent in 2017.

‘I realized something wasn’t right when she came out. When the midwife noticed her expression, she writes,

‘I said, ‘Baby’s not okay,’ and they started hitting all the buttons and shouting for people up the corridor.’

Not only is having a nose critical for breathing, but it also helps with other essential functions, such as detecting

danger or determining the safety of food. Tessa, on the other hand, was unable to detect any scent.

Grianne told the BBC, ‘She can’t smell if something is dangerous, if something was burning, or if food is really rotten.’

Tessa doesn’t have the capacity to smell, yet she nevertheless goes about her daily life and gets colds and sneezes

just like everyone else. But as a baby, she had a trachea tube implanted because of breathing issues.

Tessa’s mother continued, ‘It was funny the first time she sneezed, but we actually found out that it actually comes from your chest.’

Tessa had an operation when she was just two years old to have a cast put into her face so that it would gradually create a nose so that when she grew older,

she would receive a final prosthesis, according to an article that the Daily Mail published in June 2015.

Her parents, Grainne and Nathan Evans, made the decision to start the process early in order to prevent her from requiring invasive surgery down the road.

Since then, the BBC has reported that the little girl’s face has undergone a significant transformation due to the development of a half formed nose.

Later on, a medical tattoo artist will add nose and nostril shapes to further enhance the realism of the missing facial feature.

However, Grianne revealed in a 2021 interview with Truly’s ‘Born Different’ that the implant had to be removed entirely due to certain infections when she was four years old.

Tessa hoped to have the surgery done again in the future, despite her family’s opinion that she was attractive even without a nose.

The family saw a physician at the time of the interview who could be able to assist her in getting a 3D-printed nose implant once more.

Tessa remarked, ‘I hope getting a new nose is not scary. I am excited about it.’ The animated little girl,

who plays like any other typical child, revealed that the first thing she does when she gets a nosebleed is put on her glasses.

According to Tessa’s posts on Instagram, which is still live as of 2023, she is a happy 10-year-old girl.

She enjoys growing up in a loving household and keeps sharing her medical journey.