article_snippet: Medics did not want to leave the nine-year-old with a bald patch, by using a skin graft from elsewhere on her body.
article_snippet: And so Medics decided to grow more skin on Jessica Brett scalp, during two complex operations.
article_snippet: And so, Doctors inserted four balloons under Jessica Brett scalp, inflating four balloons to grow excess skin to cover a huge mole covering a large part of her head .
article_snippet: Meanwhile surgeons also removed a huge mole covering a large part of her head.
article_snippet: Then, the team were able to stretch the new skin over the gap, creating a normal scalp.
article_snippet: Doctors then removed the mole, and used the new scalp to cover the birthmark .
article_snippet: Once they reached a certain size, with almost one and a half pints of saline inside, surgeons operated on Jessica.
article_snippet: they removed three balloons and then cut out the mole.
article_snippet: Three months later - when the 'lumps' contained almost one and a half pints - surgeons removed the skin with a mole on, and the first three silicone balloons inserted in a line down the centre of her scalp in June 2013, and used Jessica newly stretched scalp to cover the skin up.
article_snippet: Mr Rauf of Leicester Royal Infirmary, said: 'The successful outcome of Jessica's procedure is due to help of a wonderful team of anaesthetists, trainee surgeons, paediatric nurses, plastic surgery specialist nurses, play specialist and occupational therapists who help me make the surgical journey for the patients and to help of a wonderful team of anaesthetists, trainee surgeons, paediatric nurses, plastic surgery specialist nurses families smooth and enjoyable. '
highlights_snippet: Specialists didn't want to leave Jessica with a bald patch, by using a skin graft from elsewhere on Jessica body so used the pioneering technique .
  
highlights_snippet: Specialists then  cut out the mole, using the skin to cover the gap left .