Michaela Miller (right), nine months, from Melbourne, Australia, suffers from cutis aplasia - a condition where a section of skin is missing at birth.
Her mother Christie Puyk, 27, and father Keith Miller, 26, noticed her skull hadn't formed properly moments after she was born on Christmas Day last year. Doctors instantly moved her to the special care unit (inset) and put a dressing on her head, monitoring her progress closely. She underwent three operations to fill the hole - but still has a golf-ball sized gap on the top of her skull. Now, she wears a helmet (left) full-time to protect her head from any bugs - which could be deadly.
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