Daily Mail
NEW YORK — A woman who was stabbed more than 100 times by an ex-boyfriend in an horrific attack that left her nearly decapitated has been given a new face thanks to donated plastic surgery.
Ilianexy Morales, from New York, needed 17 surgeries, including one to reattach her partially-severed arms, following the attack in 2005 but said that she is no longer reminded of the violence every time she looks in the mirror. This life-changing surgery was made possible by Face to Face, the charitable arm of the American Academy of Facial, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, where surgeons donate their skills.
‘It has really really changed my life,’ Morales told NY1 of her surgeries. ‘Before, I was extremely shameful to be around people. [The surgery] seemed like a dream but it was real.’
