Acid attacks and eye injuries

As a specialist eye surgeon, I am seeing a growing number of patients who are the victims of acid attacks which can cause life-changing injuries such as facial disfigurement and sight damage. It doesn’t surprise me that the number of people requiring specialist treatment for acid attacks has doubled over the last three years, according […]

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Acid attacks – A challenge for reconstructive surgeons

Following a spate of drive by acid attacks on men in East London, there are calls for tighter laws to penalise those people who use acid as a weapon. Put your hands up to your face and carefully feel your eyelids, followed by your cheeks and then the tip of your nose. What you can […]

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