Adorable Ollie Trezise is the real-life Pinocchio, his proud mum says.

Ollie has an unusual nose after a rare birth condition meant his brain grew through his nostrils.

The tiny tot is one of 10,000 UK kids with the defect and survived major surgery aged just nine months.

Mum Amy Poole, who made the agonizing decision to let doctors operate on her boy, could not be more proud of her little survivor.

Ollie, now 19 months, is fully recovered from the complicated op to help him breathe properly, although he has been left with heavy facial scars.

But now he faces another fight — against the offensive views of strangers who brand him ugly.

Ollie will need further operations in the future but doctors are waiting to see how his skull develops before performing any more invasive surgery.

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