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Burned alive as a baby, now she is set to receive a new face

She's such an inspiration! - by Jacqueline Mey
  • 28 Aug 2019
Burned alive as a baby, now she is set to receive a new face
Source: Haber Turk

Leyla Demirci from Turkey received horrible burns when she was just one and a half months old.

That day after her bath she was swaddled and placed in her caught by her mother. 

Wrapped snuggly in the scarf, Leyla was in the room with her cousins when the horrible accident occurred.

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Her cousins were playing with fire at the time when the scarf bundling Leyla caught alight and she went up in flames with it. 

Miraculously she survived.  

At school Leyla was teased an shunned for her appearance which caused her to be homeschooled for the majority of her childhood.

Leyla told Haber Turk that she was lucky to find a teacher that could teach her at home ‘They didn’t take me to school, they were afraid of me,’ Leyla described the bullying she endured at the hands of her peers.

Her father Said Demirci said that because he was unemployed he could not afford plastic surgery for Leyla.

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Yüzüne örtülen eşarbı yaktılar! Bir buçuk aylıkken yüzüne örtülen eşarbın odada bulunan çocuklar tarafından yakılması sonucu Leyla Demirci'nin yüzü ve kafa derisi yandı. "Okulda benden korkuyorlardı liseye kadar gidebildim" diyen Leyla, artık makyaj yapıp insanların arasına girmek istediğini söylemişti. Sağlık Bakanı Koca, paylaşımında "Yüz nakli bekleyen Leyla kızımızın tedavi süreci Prof. Dr. Ömer Özkan tarafından yürütülmekte, nakil için donör beklenmektedir. Bu süreçte ihtiyaç duyduğu destek Bakanlığımızca sağlanacaktır." dedi FOTOĞRAF: DHA #leylademirci #kahramanmaraş #vicdan #türkiye #gündem #haber #haberler #haberturk

Now almost 20 years on from the accident she is set to receive a face transplant.

The surgeon Dr. Ömer Özkan who is set to perform the surgery has carried out five of the seven face transplants across Turkey.

Leyla should undergo surgery on Tuesday.

Jacqueline Mey
Jacqueline Mey
Jacqueline is a Features Writer for that’s life! magazine. Previously working at Prevention, she has published works across Bella, Closer, Take a Break, Real People and that’s life! UK. She is also the host of Girlfriend’s Beauty Boss Podcast.

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