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Pakistan Burned Beauticians

Urooj Akbar, 28, manicures a client at the Depilex beauty center in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, June 26, 2008. When she was 15, Saira was married to the relative who would later attack her after insistently demanding her to live with him, although the families had agreed she wouldn't join him until she finished school. Saira has undergone plastic surgery 9 times to try to recover from her scars with the help of Depilex-Smileagain Foundation in Lahore, an organization that helps burn victims to reintegrate into society through medical and psychological support. Saira is one of the 240 registered victims of Smileagain's help list in Pakistan and is employed as a beautician at a Depilex beauty center. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

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Uploaded on August 19, 2008
Taken on August 19, 2008