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Doctors attempt to separate twins who were born joined at the head; a woman with a rare brittle bone disorder doesn't let her disease control her life; a man with a huge facial tumor undergoes major surgery to save his life.

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My Twins Are Joined at the Head

Doctors seek to restore the face of a little girl with a giant facial cleft; a pregnant little person and her husband find out if their son will have two forms of dwarfism; a woman's face is slowly being destroyed by a tumor.

My Tumor Won't Stop Growing

A man who had a full-face transplant faces another life-threatening challenge; a boy with a talent for singing is prematurely aging; in a Peruvian village, boys and men go blind by the age of 50.

My Face Belongs to a Stranger

A woman hopes the tooth transplanted in her eye will stop her from going blind; conjoined twins share a single body; a boy with gigantism in his legs turns to doctors for a cure; a mother has surgery to remove the massive fatty tumors in her neck.

My Tooth Could Save My Vision?

A man undergoes surgery to remove his record-breaking face tumor; a young girl lives with huge hands; a mathematician born with severely deformed legs and a spine walks on all fours.

My Twisty, Bendy, Upside-Down Body

A young girl with a crippling leg defect undergoes life-changing surgery; a man is born with his heart outside his rib cage; a karate champion battles a rare skin disorder.

My Heart Lives on the Outside

A man with half a torso learns if his rare bone-eating disease is back; a young girl undergoes surgery to stop her facial tumor from choking her; a boy is born with half a face.

My Body Is Eating My Bones

Parents of a 44-pound baby seek to understand why their son can't stop eating; a man travels to get his giant neck tumor removed; a young girl lives trapped inside her body; a woman with a severe chemical allergy can't go outside.

My 44 Pound Baby

A man whose body is eating itself hopes surgery can cure him and save his life; a gymnast who lost her leg to cancer hopes her new prosthetic will keep her performing; the shortest living man in the world looks for a diagnosis.

My Body Is Eating Itself

A girl with a paralyzed face tries to find a new smile; a man with a crippling skin condition lives life on his own terms; a man with a form of dwarfism fears his back pain will stop him from running marathons.

My Skin Could Kill Me

An unknown syndrome ages two boys rapidly; a man with a basketball sized tumor gets surgery; a woman with a giant leg finds love.

My Gigantic Leg

A man's body blows up like a balloon after a diving accident; a man seeks to get his giant leg tumor removed; a woman who lost the middle of her face to cancer tries to get her confidence back; a man drinks five gallons of water a day to stay alive.

My Body Is a Giant Balloon

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In Thailand, a woman has the world's largest hands; an Ethiopian girl has a life-threatening neck tumor; 4-year-old conjoined twins risk surgery; a young woman has a body affected by vitiligo; in Spain, a woman's face is blistering away.

S6 E20 | The World's Biggest Hands