After losing her nose, the woman chose to discard her prosthesis

The fate of Tina Earls shows us: yes! However, the woman from the US state of Texas has to struggle with all kinds of everyday problems - because she has been living with a hole in her face since a serious illness several years ago.

It was 2014 when Tina received the diagnosis that would change her life: Second-stage nasal cancer. She was faced with a choice: should she try to fight the cancer with radiotherapy - or have her olfactory organ completely removed and live with a prosthesis?