Puerto Rico girl has surgery for hairy face .  PHILADELPHIA 1996-08-27  A two-year old [START_ENT] Puerto Rican [END_ENT] girl began surgical treatment on Tuesday for a rare condition that has left half of her face covered with a hairy , dark-brown patch of skin .  The girl , Abyss DeJesus , suffers from a " hairy nevus " on the right side of her face , a condition that has only been reported a few times in medical journals , the St. Christopher Children 's Hospital said .  In addition to social ostracism , the condition also carries a high risk of cancer .  It will be corrected by gradually expanding healthy skin with a surgical balloon , then transplanting that skin to the afflicted side of her face .  " She is doing well , " hospital spokeswoman Carol Norris said . "  The surgery is under way . "  Norris said Tuesday 's surgery involved placing five balloons in DeJesus 's forehead , shoulders and the back of her neck and partially filling them with a saline solution .  More saline solution will be inserted in 16 weekly treatments .  The girl , who was accompanied to Philadelphia by her parents , will need more surgery later to correct the condition on her chest , back and legs , the hospital said .
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