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The power of a scar: Teenager opens up about suffering from uncommon scoliosis, writes book on ordeal

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SINGAPORE — For most of her teenage years, 17-year-old Singaporean Elizabeth Paulyn Gostelow’s self-esteem was heavily weighed down by a severely curved spine caused by scoliosis. It was a physical and emotional weight because in getting treatment, she had to wear a back brace for years and also sit through what looked like a medieval torture contraption that stretched and pulled her spine for about a month.

 

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