Oliver Bromley has a genetic condition that causes non-cancerous tumours to grow on nerves.

A man with a facial disfigurement says he was asked to leave a restaurant in south London because staff said he was “scaring the customers”.

Oliver Bromley has Neurofibromatosis Type 1, a genetic condition that causes non-cancerous tumours to grow on his nerves.

Speaking to the BBC, he said when he had gone to place an order at a restaurant in Camberwell, staff told him there had been complaints about him.

“It’s a horrible thing to happen. I took it very personally on the day,” he said.

  • Skua@kbin.earth
    64·
    2 months ago

    It looks to me like the first one was taken with the front-facing camera of a phone, and those often have a horizontal flip option

    • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      2 months ago

      Pocket squares/boutonnieres are pretty much always on the wearer’s left-hand side, so that’s my guess as well.