Face blindness: the bizarre condition that stops people recognising faces | 7NEWS Spotlight

Imagine going through life where everybody is a stranger - your loved ones, your friends, your workmates. This bizarre medical condition is called prosopagnosia, or face blindness, and it's more common than you think. For thousands of Australians, including Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, faces can be a blur of unrecognisable features. As Steve Pennels discovered, in the most extreme cases, people can’t even recognise themselves. This story originally aired in 2016.

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