Little Didier Montalvo, six (6) year old from Colombia, suffered from Congenital Melanocytic Nevus, which meant a mole grew so large it almost entirely covered his back.
He was teased and banned from going to school because of the growth.
Locals in his village feared he had been cursed by evil forces as he was conceived during an eclipse.
Didier had said, "I want to grow up. But the mole won't let me."
His mum, Luz, could not afford to pay for surgery to help her son get rid of the birthmark blighting his life.
But when plastic surgeon Neil Bulstrode, from Great Ormond Street Hospital, in London, heard about the boy’s plight, he and his team flew to capital Bogotá to operate on him.
They eventually managed to remove the mole with a series of skin grafts.
"Didier's was the worst case I had ever seen. Effectively three quarters of the circumference of his body was affected. Obviously he has had to go through a number of painful operations, but we feel it was worth it. It’s great to see the photos of how Didier is getting on now. I'm really happy with how things have healed," said Mr Bulstrode.
