'Success' in burns girl's hair op

Surgeons say a complex operation on a five-year-old girl who lost skin and hair in a burns accident is a success.

Sidra Afzal, from Fleur-de-Lys, near Caerphilly, underwent the surgery at Swansea's Morriston Hospital.



Ten months ago, surgeons implanted a gel-filled balloon under her scalp which was expanded, allowing new skin and hair to grow.

The balloon has now been removed and the new tissue pulled over her head, covering her baldness.

William Dickson, director of the Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery said the operation on Wednesday had gone "very well indeed".

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