The Ed.
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It's easy to get all wrapped up in the superficial nature of the industry we work in. Let's be honest, while we are all making a decent living, we hardly saving the world but one lady in Pakistan is actually using her beauty business to help rehabilitate the lives of those females encumbered with severe disfigurements following acid attacks.
Pakistani entrepreneur Mussarat Misbah (pictured on the left) is the founder of the Depilex Smile Again Foundation - the charity she set up after an encounter with a disfigured victim in 2003.
"As I was about to leave my office, a young girl walked in and she was wearing a veil and she asked me to help her," she explains. "I thought maybe maybe shes one of those girls whos asking for financial help and support.
"I asked her to come the next day as I was going home and then she removed her veil and that was the day which changed my life.
"The girl in front of me was a woman without a face. She had lost her eyes, she had lost her nose, her neck was contracted to her chest."
Dipilex Smile Again Foundation works with acid attack survivors, not only providing them with medical and psychological care, but also helping them once again become self-reliant members of the community.
Misbah said, "On average they need to go through 25 surgeries to make them look better and then I also realised that giving them surgeries is not helping their misery, is not helping their pain because they are left to rot in their houses like vegetables.
"They are treated like modern day lepers.

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Over the last ten year, this incredible woman has helped over 600 women regain their independence with most opting to be trained as beauticians because they feel safe in the female-dominated environment.
"All 600 girls cannot work at Dipilex but some of the girls have actually started their own businesses in their own small houses," she added.
Aneesha Zoya and Bushra Shafi are both acid attack survivors who work in the salon.
Aneesha explained how much Misbah has helped her. "After this tragedy of getting burnt, I had a feeling that I am not the same person anymore. I stopped venturing out of my house. I stopped meeting people as well. I stopped attending any gatherings and functions.
"After coming here, Mussarat Misbah helped me a lot. First she made me undergo surgeries for my face and then I did a course to become a beautician."
Bushra added, "After coming here, my life changed completely. She taught me confidence. She taught me how to face the world.
"She made me believe that I have the ability to cope with anything and anyone. It boosted my self-confidence so that I could lead my life in a better way."
Until then...geek on!
The Ed.
Pakistani entrepreneur Mussarat Misbah (pictured on the left) is the founder of the Depilex Smile Again Foundation - the charity she set up after an encounter with a disfigured victim in 2003.
"As I was about to leave my office, a young girl walked in and she was wearing a veil and she asked me to help her," she explains. "I thought maybe maybe shes one of those girls whos asking for financial help and support.
"I asked her to come the next day as I was going home and then she removed her veil and that was the day which changed my life.
"The girl in front of me was a woman without a face. She had lost her eyes, she had lost her nose, her neck was contracted to her chest."
Dipilex Smile Again Foundation works with acid attack survivors, not only providing them with medical and psychological care, but also helping them once again become self-reliant members of the community.
Misbah said, "On average they need to go through 25 surgeries to make them look better and then I also realised that giving them surgeries is not helping their misery, is not helping their pain because they are left to rot in their houses like vegetables.
"They are treated like modern day lepers.

"
Over the last ten year, this incredible woman has helped over 600 women regain their independence with most opting to be trained as beauticians because they feel safe in the female-dominated environment.
"All 600 girls cannot work at Dipilex but some of the girls have actually started their own businesses in their own small houses," she added.
Aneesha Zoya and Bushra Shafi are both acid attack survivors who work in the salon.
Aneesha explained how much Misbah has helped her. "After this tragedy of getting burnt, I had a feeling that I am not the same person anymore. I stopped venturing out of my house. I stopped meeting people as well. I stopped attending any gatherings and functions.
"After coming here, Mussarat Misbah helped me a lot. First she made me undergo surgeries for my face and then I did a course to become a beautician."
Bushra added, "After coming here, my life changed completely. She taught me confidence. She taught me how to face the world.
"She made me believe that I have the ability to cope with anything and anyone. It boosted my self-confidence so that I could lead my life in a better way."
Until then...geek on!
The Ed.
