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Jan Jaap van der Wal looks back on childhood with cleft palate

Dutch comedian Jan Jaap van der Wal discusses his childhood with a cleft palate on ‘De operatiekamer’. As a child, he underwent 12 operations, and the memories still trigger physical reactions. Because the condition is visible, he has faced it throughout his life, but he does not want any more procedures.

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