Philly Phaces

What We Do

We are an organization providing peer mentorship for families, children, and young adults with facial differences. We raise funds for non-covered care and related services to help children with craniofacial abnormalities, cleft lips, and cleft palates.

Who We Are

We are volunteers made up of parents, health professionals, and young adults with appearance differences. Whether we are a patient, their parent, or medical provider, we are all intimately impacted by the life-changing work being done everyday by the surgical and mental health professionals in the Philadelphia area. We are passionate about bringing to bear our experiences and resources to help children and their families navigate the medical, social, and psychological issues associated with appearance differences.

Why It Matters

When a child is first born with a facial abnormality, his or her parents experience a tidal wave of emotions and questions. Will my child be healthy? What social obstacles will he or she face? How do we even begin to educate ourselves on which surgeries, doctors, and therapies will be required?

No one knows the answers to these questions better than the parents and patients who have been through the process. We are those parents and patients. Through fundraising to subsidize costly care, hosting group events, one-on-one peer support, and school outreach, we bring our experiences, our knowledge, and our livable wisdom so that each successive generation of children with facial differences lives better than the last.

Visit us www.phillyphaces.org