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Ismail and the MSF Foundation are particularly upbeat about the masks. After skin grafts and burn treatment, an elastic mask is usually stretched across the face. “It is not comfortable and it is not aesthetic”, Ismail said. Children sometimes refuse it as it looks grotesque. The team has started testing out a 3D-printed transparent mask. It’s transparent and only covers the affected area. It looks normal, Ismail says, and one of her patients, a Syrian girl with severe burns will agree to wear it but refuses the elastic mask. The MSF foundation said the experience so far was “stunning”.
- Credits Ben Parker/IRIN
- Themes Solutions and Innovations
- Regions Middle East and North Africa Jordan