Buck & others - ideas for lessening the RSS look

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Buck - Unfortunately, I have been offline for a week, and so I have

just read your email and the responses to it. So I hope by now you

have found your way to the RSS-People group, and can discuss issues

with other RSS adults.

This may sound corny, and I guess it is in a way. However, have you

thought about seeing an image consultant? Don't laugh. But when

was about 3, and had this wild mane of hair, and this huge

head and forehead and this little mouth and chin, an image consultant

told me how to " minimize " the stereotypical RSS look. Now, her

recommendations work for girls. But bangs were a big one. I see so

many RSS girls with no bangs and hair pulled all the way back, and it

tends to make the prominent forehead stand out more. She also

recommended having the hair back away from the face to lessen the

effect of it being so small (ponytail, tucked behind the ears, etc).

She also showed me how pulling the sides of 's hair up to a

little ponytail on top of her head lessened the smallness of her

face, as well as " added " volume to the top of her head (which you

might think makes the head look bigger but actually helps hide how

large the skull is).

Anyways, these are all just things told me for a girl. But maybe

there are hints that an expect can give you for a man?

> Hello everyone I am new to the site. I am a 22 yr old with

> Silver Syndrome in Vallejo. I have been wanting to find other

people

> with Silver Syndrome and I have finally found them. My

life

> has been extremely difficult. As a child I was told I was

extremely

> good looking I always had self esteem. But when I was about 7 yrs

> old my mother took me to the kaiser genetics center in Oakland and

I

> seen a doctor that diagnosed me with Silver Sydrome. My

> parents denied it and said no not our son. As the years went on I

> didnt think of myself as any different to any other child I went to

> school I went to hebrew school I attended my Bar Mitzvah as an

> orthodox jew and I was extremely happy until I hit Junior high. In

> Junior High School I noticed kids laughing at me and pointing at me

> in the seventh grade and I didnt no why so as the years went on I

> considered myself normal then I hit high school. My high school

> years were awful i was constantly ridiculed my other children i was

> called rat boy laughed at and couldnt even get a date for the

prom.

> As a sophmore I decided to go to see my physician and he informed

me

> that I have Silver Syndrome I was shocked not me. But

> finally I had some answers. But I also found out that my mother

knew

> of this and kept this from me for 15 years and both my parents are

in

> denial of me having the syndrome to this day. Although it is

> documented in my medical records. Anyways after high school i

went

> on to college and it got worse even mature college kids rediculed

me

> and it caused me to drop out. So about 2 yrs ago I went and got

> plastic surgery a nose job and a chin implant thinking it would

> change my life. But the only problem is because of my large

frontal

> forhead i am still rediculed and people say i look like a 12 yr old

> with a big head. I to this day have low self esteem and I am a 22

yr

> old virgin. I hope to meet other people with the same problem as

me

> and I am also interested in finding other jewish people with RSS.

> One thing about me is my father is 6ft tall and for some reason I

> grew to 5ft4 which I guess is tall for RSS. i did use to lift

> weights and i gained 30 lbs i am 150 lbs to this day but with an

> extremely small face but i still have a pot belly. I guess it is

> time to except who I am. Thanks

> Hope You Can Help me Buck