How a 13-year-old girl with bionic prostheses instead of hands became a professional makeup artist

Disability is not a reason to sit idly by. A 13-year-old British woman takes this phrase literally and seriously. Having lost her hands in childhood, she learned to do everything herself, and wearing bionic prostheses, she decided to reach new heights.

How the young heroine manages to cope with all the difficulties, and how her "crazy hands" help her in this, learn from our material.A girl who, after losing her hands, wears bionic prostheses, has learned how to do makeup professionally.Tilly Lock, from County Durham, was just one year and three months old when her hands and toes were removed due to complications related to meningitis.Bionic prostheses made on a 3D printer are controlled using signals that the brain sends to the muscles of the girl's hands.

Like many girls, the young beauty loves makeup. It became her hobby. Now 13-year-old Tilly wants to inspire those who have similar health problems to reach new heights.Applying cosmetics is quite a difficult task for Tilly, like everything else, but she stubbornly goes to her goal and learns the art of makeup.Users of social networks admire the strong spirit of the girl and her mother, who supports her unusual daughter in everything.Tilly suffered meningitis in infancy. This disease occurs due to inflammation of the protective membranes of the brain and spinal cord. Everyone is at risk: from young children to the elderly. The symptoms of meningitis resemble the usual flu, but treatment should be immediate, because this condition is deadly.The girl's mother sadly recalls the day when she saw that something was wrong with her baby. The baby refused to eat, she had a high fever, she breathed often and did not want to play with her favorite toys. The alarmed woman immediately called an ambulance and the doctors reported the dangerous condition of the baby.Doctors had to amputate the hands and toes to save the girl's life.

The will to live and the support of relatives work wonders. Science helps those who do not despair, but go forward and strive for development. Perhaps soon bionic prostheses will radically change the fate of those people who have lost limbs and hope for a full life. The main thing is not to lose faith in the best and not to give up.

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