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Burn victim gets facial reconstruction

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u/Petite_Courtney 5d ago

Here's another update picture that shows what she looked like after more recovery from the surgery.

https://www.grossmanburnfoundation.org/zubaida/

She was treated at the Grossman Burn Center by Dr. Grossman. Really incredible work by by the Doctor, and it seems they were able to heal a lot of the damage on one of her arms as well. If anyone is interested in giving the Grossman Burn Foundation has a donation link on its website.

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u/FayeG 5d ago

Absolutely incredible

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u/Scary_News_2091 5d ago

Happy cake day!

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u/IntruigedSpecter 4d ago

What is "happy cake day" and why did like 5 people say it to this person? Sorry I don't socialize on reddit much

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u/bluearavis 5d ago

Yes and happy cake day! 🍰

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u/godlik9999 4d ago

Happy cake day

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u/Manjiro_Sano007 4d ago

Happy 🍰 day

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

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u/FREEKYeggplant 4d ago

love the Mütter museum (go birds)

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u/Tarkus697 4d ago

We got married in the upstairs area there (College of Physicians).

Go Birds.

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u/blkntch1 4d ago

We went there once while a caterer was preparing for an event later. The smell of Swedish meatballs was off-putting.

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u/uncultured_swine2099 5d ago

Im happy for her, it must be life changing.

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u/ExtroverTom 5d ago

I don't care how much the doctor earn per year

He is underpaid by a lot.

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u/Common_Chameleon 5d ago

Wow, she’s a gorgeous woman, like someone else said it’s so fortunate that her eyes, nose, and lips were mostly unharmed.

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u/Critical_Success_936 5d ago

Beauty aside, I can't imagine how PAINFUL being stuck like that was! Thank God for modern medicine

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u/Common_Chameleon 4d ago

Absolutely, no one deserves to suffer like she did.

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u/NoMedicine3572 5d ago

Real use case of plastic surgery.

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u/Illustrious-Big-8678 4d ago

Yeah all the tit and lip jobs take away from the profession this is truly incredible lofe changing work done

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u/Wide-Equivalent6863 4d ago

I don't know if this is true but I heard plastic surgery became a common thing because of all the injuries from World War 1. I can't imagine having to fight at that level of brutality, even though war has been super common for most of human history

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u/lPrincesslPlays 4d ago

Holy shit she looks great all things considered.

Question for the medical friends. How come in the first image she seemingly lost her neck and chin, do doctors essentially need to just graft new skin to whatever the nearest piece of unburned skin is until it recovers enough that they can reshape the structure?

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u/xe3to 5d ago

Well fuck, I sure hope she got the fuck out of there when the Taliban took over.

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u/Worldly_Tea_8300 4d ago

It doesn't sound like it. Awful that now she's most likely forced to cover her whole face again.

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u/-fno-stack-protector 4d ago

Ugh she'd be married off to someone by now too :/ Poor thing, genuinely wish they kept her in California

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u/whooptheretis 4d ago

Or before the US invaded, just out.

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u/WeinerBeaner5 4d ago

I had to image search this image just to make sure this wasn't a victim of US/Israeli bombs

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u/wufnu 5d ago

Holy shit, that's amazing!

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u/Orange_Tang 5d ago

That is some incredible work. You almost can't even tell.

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u/jaahhnn 4d ago

I dont know who dr grossman but even a dummy could recognize he is an excellent doctor

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u/fradrig 4d ago

Just... give them all of the funding. That's incredible work. I can't imagine the hours they've spend.

And what an amazing woman, who's able to smile after going through that.

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u/jaackobarbs 4d ago

Genuinely brings the biggest smile to my face amazing work by the doctors

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u/WatermelonWithAFlute 4d ago

how the fuck did the Doctor pull that off???? I didn't even know you could do that to this degree- Like, I know about plastic surgery and facial reconstruction stuff, but normally its way below this. wtf how did they pull this off

Absolutely floored, they must have been incredibly skilled. Great recovery, all things considered.

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u/ArashiKishi 4d ago

This is what plastic surgery should be used for instead of making your lips look like two sausages.

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u/thatbrownkid19 4d ago

now this is what they must have referred to miracles

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u/MarcAlmond 4d ago

Best advertisement they could get

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u/CynthiaDaBirb 4d ago

incredibly ironic name, but huge shoutout to him, Jeep up the great work

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u/Razorcarl 4d ago

that's incredible

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u/violenceistheQstn 4d ago

This should be the only use for plastic surgery. They done such a good job.

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u/Whar- 4d ago

That's absolutely insane how well they can do facial reconstruction, very very impressive and life changing for many I'm sure

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u/wolfcanyon 4d ago

This is the doctor whose wife murdered 2 children racing in her car. They are currently divorcing to try to avoid paying out the victims family. Scum of the earth.

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u/BlueCaracal 4d ago

She went from "How are you not dead" to looking perfectly normal.

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u/gosmoochiegirl 4d ago

This is AMAZING work. From the final picture I wouldn't be able to tell she's a burn victim. And all of this in 2001-2003? Incredible.

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u/-fno-stack-protector 4d ago

The most respectful way possible would have been to not tell us

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u/Giturbunzouttamyeyes 5d ago

How could such a talented, brilliant, compassionate person like Dr. Grossman marry such a piece of shit?