article_snippet.sent: The surgeries carried risks including meningitis, brain damage, catastrophic bleeding leading to stroke and potentially death, but Billy pulled through and now Billy parents say Billy absolutely loves Billy new face.
article_snippet.sent: Billy, pictured with Billy twin sister Lois, has undergone more than 50 operations to have Billy face rebuilt .
article_snippet.sent: Just six weeks later, Billy needed a major operation to relieve pressure on Billy brain, save Billy sight and reshape Billy whole head.
article_snippet.sent: Known as a ‘front orbital advancement’, surgeons opened Billy skull, detached his skull, remodelled Billy forehead and pieced his skull together again like a jigsaw.
article_snippet.sent: When Billy was four months old Billy underwent a major operation to relieve pressure on his brain, save his sight and reshape his whole head .
article_snippet.sent: But when Billy was 17 months old a surgeon at Leeds General Hospital agreed to operate on things.
article_snippet.sent: Earlier this year Billy had another major operation which left Billy with a frame fitted to Billy face for nine weeks .
article_snippet.sent: Since Billy most recent surgery, Billy loves Billy new face, their mother said .
article_snippet.sent: In the summer of 2012 Billy underwent more major surgery.
article_snippet.sent: During a nine-hour operation surgeons took the left hand side of Billy skull off to remodel his skull off and put his skull off back with titanium springs to allow for more growth.
article_snippet.sent: So earlier this year Billy also underwent high risk mid-face surgery, where mid-face was literally taken apart, reshaped and put back together again to create more room.
article_snippet.sent: Billy head was cut from ear to ear and Billy face cut vertically, with the skin being pulled down, exposing all of the bones of Billy face and jaw.
article_snippet.sent: Billy forehead, eye orbits, nose and top jaw were taken apart, reshaped and put back together with a red frame attached through a series of wires and bolts.