A woman who was born with a severe facial deformity dissolved in tears after watching a heartwarming video message from the doctor she says ‘saved her life’.
Cody Hall, 25, from Corby, Northamptonshire, was bullied for years over her severe birthmark, thought to be a haemangioma, which was so enormous it distorted the entire left side of her face.
Cody, who said she’d found her ‘happy ending’ when she married her boyfriend of eight years last month, appeared on Lorraine on Monday with her husband Lewis and praised the ‘amazing’ doctor who supported her through 21 surgeries over the space of 14 years.
And Cody broke down in tears as the show played the surprise message of congratulations from Dr Milton Warner, who she said had been the ‘second most important man’ in her life after her father.
Dr Warner told Cody he had been ‘absolutely thrilled’ to learn his former patient is happy and settled, and said: ‘I wish you and your husband all the best.’
Cody Hall, 25, from Corby, Northamptonshire, became emotional when she heard from the doctor who corrected her facial deformity as a child
![Dr Milton Warner said he was thrilled to hear from Cody and said how happy he was that she had settled down and got married](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/04/09/46F77ADB00000578-5143089-image-a-1_1512379858555.jpg)
Dr Milton Warner said he was thrilled to hear from Cody and said how happy he was that she had settled down and got married
When Cody was born with a severe birthmark, doctors told her distraught parents there was nothing they could do until she turned one.
But the couple refused to be defeated, and researched their daughter’s condition before finding a surgeon in the US who operated on children with such severe facial deformities.
They launched an appeal that raised £230,000 and Cody was sent to Roosevelt Hospital in New York for her first treatment in 1993.
Today Dr Milton told the now married mum-of-one how pleased he was to know she’d found happiness, and asked her if she’d stay in touch.
![Cody's birthmark was thought to be a haemangioma, that was so large it distorted the left side of her face](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/04/09/46F7742D00000578-5143089-image-a-2_1512379865941.jpg)
Cody’s birthmark was thought to be a haemangioma, that was so large it distorted the left side of her face
Dr Milton said: ‘I was absolutely thrilled to hear from you. I’m so happy to hear that you’re settled, that you’re married. I wish you and your husband all the best. Please drop me a line from time to time.’
Cody became emotional and began to cry after the video message had ended, saying she always wanted to speak to him again.
She tearfully explained: ‘It’s lovely that I got a little message from him. I always wanted to speak to him again so it’s lovely.
‘He was the second most important man in my life. He was. My dad came first and he came second. He saved me.’
Cody also gave advice to parents who have children with facial deformities like the one she was born with.
She revealed that she never let her looks hold her back, and was able to find happiness despite suffering taunts as a child.
She said: ‘Your kids are beautiful and you do see past it, even though you’re scared. They’ll get through, they will. Once you have the support you can go anywhere. It’s not stopped me from being anything i wanted to be.’
![She tied the knot with Lewis at St Michael's Church in Great Oakley, Northamptonshire last month](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/04/11/46F7744500000578-5143089-She_tied_the_knot_with_Lewis_at_St_Michael_s_Church_in_Great_Oak-a-1_1512385489438.jpg)
She tied the knot with Lewis at St Michael’s Church in Great Oakley, Northamptonshire last month
![The couple appeared on today's episode of Lorraine, where she said she was worried her now husband wouldn't like her because of her birthmark when they first met 8 years ago](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/04/09/46F771B100000578-5143089-image-a-5_1512380667573.jpg)
The couple appeared on today’s episode of Lorraine, where she said she was worried her now husband wouldn’t like her because of her birthmark when they first met 8 years ago
Cody had 21 operations over 14 years, including facelifts, nose corrections, skin grafts, liposuction, skin planing, eye surgery and laser surgery.
The young mum, who is pregnant with her second child, tied the knot with Lewis at St Michael’s Church in Great Oakley, Northamptonshire last month.
Cody, who works on a surgical ward at Kettering General Hospital, said: ‘It was an emotional day and there were some tears, especially when I saw Lewis at the altar, but only tears of joy.
![Cody had 21 operations over 14 years, including facelifts, nose corrections, skin grafts, liposuction, skin planing, eye surgery and laser surgery](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/04/09/46F7743500000578-5143089-image-a-4_1512380664215.jpg)
Cody had 21 operations over 14 years, including facelifts, nose corrections, skin grafts, liposuction, skin planing, eye surgery and laser surgery
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‘I just want to show people that there is a happy ending.’
The couple met eight years ago and got engaged in June this year.
Speaking about her experiences growing up, she previously said: ‘When I started at secondary school I did get a lot of people asking questions and in the street there would be people staring.
![She told parents who had children with facial deformities that her condition didn't stop her from doing anything she wanted to do](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/04/11/46F7742500000578-5143089-She_told_parents_who_had_children_with_facial_deformities_that_h-a-2_1512385489652.jpg)
She told parents who had children with facial deformities that her condition didn’t stop her from doing anything she wanted to do
‘All the attention would sometimes get me upset and I would come home and say I didn’t like it.
‘But over the years people have realised I am who I am.
‘I get people coming up to me in the street and saying ‘well done’ and that they are pleased for me.’