Saving Faces is a small charity that works to improve treatment
for people
who suffer with facial disfigurement, injury and disease.
We research better treatment for and prevention of mouth cancer:
In the UK 5000 people get mouth cancer every
yearIt’s twice as common as cervical
cancer
It’s the most disfiguring cancer
and affects patients’ ability
to speak and eat
We research better treatment for facial injury:
125,000 young people sustain serious facial
injuries every year
in the UK
We research better
psychological support for patients with facial disfigurement:
15,000 people in the UK seek treatment for facial disfigurement
every year.
The surgeons who are taking part in our research are working
hard to improve the treatment of all patients with mouth cancer and
other
disfiguring facial injuries and diseases. They give their time pro bono
but
Saving
Faces makes this research possible by providing researchers to
collect outcome data about differing treatment protocols and
research. Saving Faces also funds psychology researchers and trains
surgeons in research. It provides patient-to-patient support through its
expert
patient ‘phone line.
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