Born with a bilateral cleft lip, Kynlee, 10, began noticing her facial differences around age 6. Other kids noticed, too.

and it can happen right through the gums and affect the back side of the soft palate. When you look down the cleft, you’ll see right to the base of the nose. This causes multiple problems. Babies ...

a cleft palate on its own, or with both. And they may have a cleft on just one side of the lip or there may be two clefts. Clefts are the most common facial abnormality babies are born with.” ...