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My Face Is Eating Me Alive
Eight years ago, when Tare was 13 years old, she had a toothache. Her mum Thandiwe told her not to worry and that it would go away. Like many of Zimbabwe's poor, she could not afford dental treatment. Unfortunately, Tare's toothache did not go away, but instead developed into an aggressive swelling on her upper left jaw.
