These pictures show the results of my 5th and 6th surgeries. Basically, the brackets were attached to my foot using multiple staples (ouch!). Then, over the next two days, a tiny cord (that had been threaded through the brackets) was pulled tighter and tighter--stretching the skin and closing the wound.
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