The man who was called 'mushroom head': Because Of His Keloids Is Desperate For Surgery Before Wedding

 A man who was cruelly called 'mushroom head' because of the large growths on his face hopes to have them permanently removed in time for his wedding day.

Keenan Patton, 32, has suffered with keloids – scars that don't stop growing and in his case develop a lumpy appearance - since he was a teenager.

The fleshy growths started after a bout of chicken pox when he was 11 and got worse as he aged. 

Mr Patton, of Chicago, has previously undergone 28 hours of surgery to remove the tissue.

But the surgery proved ineffective and the keloids grew back larger.

Now he hopes specialist radiation treatment will rid him of the unsightly growths for good. 

'Doctors have said they think this is due to my diet. I have type 2 diabetes, and they think my blood sugar could be slowing down my healing.

'It's affected my confidence over the years. When I stepped out the house, people would stare at me.

'But thankfully I'm a people person so I just think people accept me.'

Mr Patton has undergone half of his radiation treatment to remove them again and hopes this time it will be permanent.

He had the treatment just in time for his wedding to Monique Jackson, 32, who Mr Patton described as 'the love of my life'.

Surgery before it grew again

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