Another hydrotherapy technique with a similar rationale is to soak the feet in a hot foot bath, as soon as possible after the stroke has occurred, while applying a cold compress to the neck, face and scalp.

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While burn damage is normally patched with pieces of excess skin from a person's own body, this does not work if the whole face needs to be covered -- the skin of the entire back is less than half of what would be needed to cover the full face and scalp, Siemionow said.

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According to police, the trio punched and kicked her, then Ko and Young Joo held her down while Seong sliced Kim across the face, scalp and legs.

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Her hair and face were covered in dirt and her scalp was showing where she had apparently lost big clumps of hair.

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Shamiam Arif was discovered by an aid worker from Dumfries who brought her to the UK for treatment in Chelmsford to repair her scalp, eyes and face.

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She, like Juan, feels an affinity with the colours of her adopted homeland: Isabelle's hair is gathered round her face in soft, red curls and she jokes that her scalp has soaked up the shades of the soil.

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