Yes, sort of.

I was born with a cleft pallet, which is an abnormal facial development which essentially meant that there was a huge gaping hole in the roof of my mouth. It looked like this:

I also had a cleft lip in utero which self healed, leaving me a hair line scar at birth from my nose down to my lip. If it had not healed in the womb, I would have had a lip similar to this one at birth:

When I was two years old I underwent two different surgeries. Both of these surgeries involved taking skin from the back of my throat and grafting it to the roof of my mouth, thereby creating a "pallet" for me. The surgery was performed at the University of Michigan and the surgeons there did a fantastic job.

I have always thought that my being born with the lip healed was miraculous but my roof of my mouth being repaired so well was an act of great skill and I owe the surgeons a huge debt of gratitude.

So, as for the "medical study" aspect of it all, I would go back several times a year to the University of Michigan for checkups all the way up till about the time of middle school and the incoming otolaryngologists (ENT's) would study me. As a kid I took pride in them checking out the masterpiece that is my pallet, but as I got older it was more and more annoying. Now, as an adult I'd gladly go back and let them basque in the glow from my perfectly sculpted pallet.

tmi?