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'I am so happy with my new face:' Brave Time cover girl Aesha shows off results of incredible surgery after Afghan husband sliced off her nose. Three years after ordeal Aesha Mohammadzai has a new face and life
She was tortured by her Afghan husband when she tried to escape
But Aesha made it to a US medical base, and was flown to America
But her facial rebuilding treatment at a Maryland hospital is now complete
She says: 'I want to tell all women who are suffering abuse to be strong'
By LEON WATSON
PUBLISHED: 09:40, 26 February 2013 | UPDATED: 13:25, 26 February 2013
A young Afghan woman whose nose and ears were cut off after she fled an abusive marriage has revealed the results of the reconstructive surgery to rebuild her face.
Aesha Mohammadzai became famous across the world after her picture appeared on the cover of Time magazine.
The 19-year-old girl became a symbol of the oppression of women in Afghanistan after fleeing the war-torn country. Three years later and she has a new face and life.
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New face: Aesha Mohammadzai, who became a symbol of the oppression of women in Afghanistan after fleeing the war-torn country, shows off the results of her reconstructive surgery
Aesha's wounds are healing, but she lives with the scars of an ordeal few could imagine
As part of the life-changing treatment, her forehead has ballooned and dark, drooping flesh now covers where her nose once was - before her husband sliced it off.
Doctors placed an inflatable silicone shell under the skin of her forehead and gradually filled it with fluid in order to expand her skin and provide them with extra tissue for her new nose.
They have also taken tissue from her forearm and transplanted it to her face to form the inner lining and lower part of the nose.
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Aesha's wounds are healing, but she lives with the scars of an ordeal few could imagine. Speaking for the first time on television to ITV's Daybreak, she told the story behind that photograph.
She said: 'Every day I was abused by my husband and his family. Mentally and physically. Then one day it became unbearable so I ran away.
'They caught me and put me in jail for five months. When I came out the judge sent me back to my husband. That night they took me to the mountains.
Brave Time cover girl Aesha Mohammadzai, pictured with her American family, reveals new nose after reconstructive surgery on ITV's Daybreak show
Smiling: Aesha Mohammadzai looked relaxed and happy on Daybreak speaking with Louisa James
Proud: Aesha Mohammadzai, whose plight was highlighted in Time in 2010, has had reconstructive surgery to her nose
'They tied my hands and my feet. They said my punishment was to cut my nose and ears. And then they started to do it.'
Aesha, who has never attended school or celebrated her birthday, now lives in America. Helped out of Afghanistan by a charity, she now has a new family who care for her as one of their own.
Aesha said she is 'happy' with her new nose and wants her experience to tell a new story, this time one of hope.
She said: 'I want to tell all women who are suffering abuse to be strong. Never give up and don’t lose hope.'
Aesha’s story was first told in August 2010 by Time magazine, who published a harrowing cover photo of her - horrifying people around the world and symbolising the oppression of Afghan women.
When she was 12, her father promised her in marriage to a Taliban fighter to pay a debt.
She was handed over to his family who abused her and forced her to sleep in the stable with the animals.
When Aesha was 12, her father promised her in marriage to a Taliban fighter to pay a debt. She was handed over to his family who abused her and forced her to sleep in the stable with the animals.
The UN estimates that nearly 90 per cent of Afghanistan's women suffer from some sort of domestic abuse.
But when Aesha attempted to flee, she was caught and her nose and ears were hacked off by her husband as punishment. Left for dead in the mountains, she crawled to her grandfather's house.
Facing reality: Aisha's photo was on the front cover of Time Magazine in August 2010
VIDEO I'm happy! Brave Aesha reveals nose after reconstructive surgery
On the mend: Aesha Mohammadzai pictured six months into the reconstructive surgery to her nose
Doctors put a silicone shell under skin in her forehead to expand tissue that was then used to build her new nose
Terrifying: Aesha's nose and ears were sliced off by her abusive husband as she tried to escape their home
'When they cut off my nose and ears, I passed out. In the middle of the night it felt like there was cold water in my nose.
'I opened my eyes and I couldn't even see because of all the blood,' she told CNN reporter Atia Abawi.
Left for dead in the mountains, she crawled to her grandfather's house and her father managed to get her to an American medical facility, where medics cared for her for ten weeks.
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She was tortured by her Afghan husband when she tried to escape
But Aesha made it to a US medical base, and was flown to America
But her facial rebuilding treatment at a Maryland hospital is now complete
She says: 'I want to tell all women who are suffering abuse to be strong'
By LEON WATSON
PUBLISHED: 09:40, 26 February 2013 | UPDATED: 13:25, 26 February 2013
A young Afghan woman whose nose and ears were cut off after she fled an abusive marriage has revealed the results of the reconstructive surgery to rebuild her face.
Aesha Mohammadzai became famous across the world after her picture appeared on the cover of Time magazine.
The 19-year-old girl became a symbol of the oppression of women in Afghanistan after fleeing the war-torn country. Three years later and she has a new face and life.
Scroll down for video
New face: Aesha Mohammadzai, who became a symbol of the oppression of women in Afghanistan after fleeing the war-torn country, shows off the results of her reconstructive surgery
Aesha's wounds are healing, but she lives with the scars of an ordeal few could imagine
As part of the life-changing treatment, her forehead has ballooned and dark, drooping flesh now covers where her nose once was - before her husband sliced it off.
Doctors placed an inflatable silicone shell under the skin of her forehead and gradually filled it with fluid in order to expand her skin and provide them with extra tissue for her new nose.
They have also taken tissue from her forearm and transplanted it to her face to form the inner lining and lower part of the nose.
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Aesha's wounds are healing, but she lives with the scars of an ordeal few could imagine. Speaking for the first time on television to ITV's Daybreak, she told the story behind that photograph.
She said: 'Every day I was abused by my husband and his family. Mentally and physically. Then one day it became unbearable so I ran away.
'They caught me and put me in jail for five months. When I came out the judge sent me back to my husband. That night they took me to the mountains.
Brave Time cover girl Aesha Mohammadzai, pictured with her American family, reveals new nose after reconstructive surgery on ITV's Daybreak show
Smiling: Aesha Mohammadzai looked relaxed and happy on Daybreak speaking with Louisa James
Proud: Aesha Mohammadzai, whose plight was highlighted in Time in 2010, has had reconstructive surgery to her nose
'They tied my hands and my feet. They said my punishment was to cut my nose and ears. And then they started to do it.'
Aesha, who has never attended school or celebrated her birthday, now lives in America. Helped out of Afghanistan by a charity, she now has a new family who care for her as one of their own.
Aesha said she is 'happy' with her new nose and wants her experience to tell a new story, this time one of hope.
She said: 'I want to tell all women who are suffering abuse to be strong. Never give up and don’t lose hope.'
Aesha’s story was first told in August 2010 by Time magazine, who published a harrowing cover photo of her - horrifying people around the world and symbolising the oppression of Afghan women.
When she was 12, her father promised her in marriage to a Taliban fighter to pay a debt.
She was handed over to his family who abused her and forced her to sleep in the stable with the animals.
When Aesha was 12, her father promised her in marriage to a Taliban fighter to pay a debt. She was handed over to his family who abused her and forced her to sleep in the stable with the animals.
The UN estimates that nearly 90 per cent of Afghanistan's women suffer from some sort of domestic abuse.
But when Aesha attempted to flee, she was caught and her nose and ears were hacked off by her husband as punishment. Left for dead in the mountains, she crawled to her grandfather's house.
Facing reality: Aisha's photo was on the front cover of Time Magazine in August 2010
VIDEO I'm happy! Brave Aesha reveals nose after reconstructive surgery
On the mend: Aesha Mohammadzai pictured six months into the reconstructive surgery to her nose
Doctors put a silicone shell under skin in her forehead to expand tissue that was then used to build her new nose
Terrifying: Aesha's nose and ears were sliced off by her abusive husband as she tried to escape their home
'When they cut off my nose and ears, I passed out. In the middle of the night it felt like there was cold water in my nose.
'I opened my eyes and I couldn't even see because of all the blood,' she told CNN reporter Atia Abawi.
Left for dead in the mountains, she crawled to her grandfather's house and her father managed to get her to an American medical facility, where medics cared for her for ten weeks.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2284616/Aesha-Mohammadzai-Brave-Time-cover-girl-tortured-Afghan-husband-appears-Daybreak.html#ixzz2M1313OpQ
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