Cancer patient forgoes frontal skull

Pip Caliskan, 45, with an incredibly rare cancer had to have her entire forehead, including 85 percent of her skull bone, removed. / Daily Mail

A mother with an incredibly rare cancer had to have her entire forehead, including 85 percent of her skull bone, removed, leaving her with huge scars.

Pip Caliskan, 45, of Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire, first went to the doctor complaining of a lump on her forehead and doctors said it was probably a cyst which would go away if she left it alone.

But she was later diagnosed with a rare cancer called Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP), which had spread to the soft tissue of the top of her face.

She eventually had to have her entire forehead removed, including a massive amount of skull bones, which were replaced with a skin graft made from animal collagen.

DFPS, which affects just 1,000 people in the U.S, is rarely fatal but is difficult to treat because of the unique nature of the cancer's growth.