Dim lights lit up the small boy’s face revealing the grotesque growths planted beside his nose. His body was covered in scars and boils making him a ‘freak’. Swelling day by day, his large, bulbous nose, dominated over all his facial features. Despite his huge nose, his nostrils were smaller than a baby’s fingernail making it difficult for him to breathe.
Despite his facial features, his hands were slender and gentle, carving slowly into a piece of wood to create elephants and birds and all things beautiful. He was more of an artist than a ‘freak’. The tips of his fingers traced the bark like he had been doing this his whole life. He was no ‘freak’.
I like the way you have contrasted the ‘ugliness’ of the boy’s face with the beauty of his skilled hands and talent for wood-carving. You have created a powerful description to steer the reader to understand that the boy is not a ‘freak’ but a gentle, talented artist and that it would not take much for someone to appreciate this if they looked at him properly.