Woman's beauty is ravaged by deadly skin cancer after it spread from a small pimple: Harrowing images reveal her nose has been destroyed and she cannot smile without a mouth implant
A woman who confused deadly cancer for spots has used selfies to document her battle from a face-ravaging disease to smiling with a mouth implant
Marisha Dotson, 28, from Knoxville in Tennessee, has lost her nose, parts of her jaw and eight teeth during her battle with squamous cell carcinoma.
Doctors gave her just a 20 per cent chance of survival when they discovered the aggressive form of skin cancer had spread from the small pimple on her nose.
Despite managing to defy expectations, she has been left with permanent damage to her face and relies on a temporary dental implant to smile and talk.
The cancer all stemmed from a small pimple on her nose three years ago, which even doctors dismissed and suggested was just acne.
Now cancer-free, Miss Dotson doesn't care about her dramatic new appearance, and said she just feels 'lucky to be alive'