'Domestic violence has no socioeconomic or cultural bound. It's just pandemic throughout the world — and something needs to be done about that.'
, a nonprofit based in Los Angeles, offers pro-bono reconstructive surgery to victims of domestic violence, human trafficking, and other acts of violence. The organization works with about 12 board-certified physicians who donate their time and skill to the most devastating cases — acid attacks, severe beatings like Gentry's, even bombing victims from Syria.
After Face Forward performed several surgeries to restore movement to her arms, "she started crying because she said she hasn't been able to comb her hair for the past seven years," David says. "Think about it: you take things like combing your hair for granted, but you see these survivors and whatever problems you have go out the window. [Your problems are] just minuscule to what these people have to go through.
"On the first night, they didn't think I was going to survive. They told my wife, 'You've got to prepare," Christopheros tells. Fortunately, he did survive the night and made a full recovery. Considering his physical state, he's shockingly upbeat about the injuries he's been left with — scarring over his entire face and parts of his body and blind in one eye — determined to become an advocate for other survivors of acid attacks.
Christopheros just received his first set of surgeries with Face Forward in January. "I had some skin grafts done to my mouth and nose," he says. "I can breathe through my nose now, which I couldn't before. So that's amazing.
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