In 2009, model Carol Bryan from Florida went to a plastic surgeon for filler injections for a facelift. Unfortunately, everything went wrong, and the fillers caused a severe allergic reaction in her face. As a result of the severe swelling, she could barely see.

She had to tape her eyes shut just to walk and hide under hats and sunglasses. It was only three years later that another team of plastic surgeons was able to at least partially reverse the effects of the botched surgery.

Oliver Bromley lives in London and suffers from neurofibromatosis type 1, a condition that causes noncancerous tumors to grow in his nerves. As a result, his face is covered in swellings and blisters, but they are completely non-contagious.

However, when he visited a restaurant a couple of years ago, the staff politely but firmly asked him to leave because his appearance allegedly "frightened their customers." Mr. Bromley left but later filed a complaint with the police – after all, he had experienced typical discrimination.

In October 2024, Canadian Sam Benastic, 33, was officially declared missing after a month of fruitless searching in the remote wilderness of British Columbia. He had gone to Redfern-Caley Park for a 10-day camping holiday, but disappeared a few days later.

In November of that same year, two men heading to work found him, struggling to walk, exhausted, but alive. He was walking with two poles and a cut-up sleeping bag wrapped around his legs.

According to the hapless tourist, he remained in his car for several days before setting out to search for people. After nearly 50 days in the wilderness, Benastic was diagnosed with frostbite and extreme fatigue, but otherwise remained healthy.