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Canadian teenager Samira Omar, 17, was brutally attacked by classmates while living in the United Kingdom. In a completely unprovoked attack, she was beaten and scalded with boiling water. According to Cosmopolitan, when she when she was calling for help, she could see that her skin was hanging off her face in sheets. She was left with a permanent scarring and a severe loss of pigment on most of her face, neck, and hands.
Omar moved back to Canada with her family where she met Basma Hameed, a cosmetic tattoo artist with a similar past. Hameed was burnt by hot oil as a two-year-old and, like Omar, covered in scars. Plastic surgeons told Hameed to spend her money elsewhere because she had no hope in covering her scars. So Hameed took matters in to her own hands, literally.
How can a massive tattoo still look pretty and feminine? Like this.
Basma Hameed studied the art of tattoo and created her own paramedical tattooing method using permanent pigment to match her patients’ natural skin color and create an even tone over the discolored burns.
Hameed devotes her career to helping those who have had no luck with other treatment, and has offered to treat Omar for free. While Omar focuses on healing emotionally, this treatment gives her hope of healing the physical scars. Omar’s burns need more time to heal before the tattooing process can start. However, she does not need to wait to camouflage the scars.
Flash tattoos. Beyonce’s wearing them, so why aren’t you?
Hameed created makeup to specifically conceal scars for her patients until their skin is prepared for the procedure. She has made sure that burn victims should not give up hope on repairing their skin and continues to help people with her innovative techniques. What an amazing woman.
See the video for Basma Hameed’s interview with CBC news on this amazing process.
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