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Kate Harrold & Laura Sharman

Woman hid for 21 years after cruel bullying over 'elephant legs' caused by condition

A woman who hid away for 21 years with 'elephant legs' is now unrecognisable after spending £10k on surgery.

Yasmina Kemppainen, 36, began to experience pain in her legs when she was just 12 years old and they began to swell soon after.

As a teenager, people would tell her that she was "too skinny" but she found herself unable to look past what she called her "fat legs."

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