RUFF RIDE
Dog attack victim reveals how her NOSE has started growing hair after skin grafts
A WOMAN whose nose was ripped off in a vicious dog attack now has hair growing out of her skin grafts.
Trinity Rowles, 20, had skin from her scalp grafted to her nose after surviving the "near death experience".
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The dog attacked her as she was leaving her dad's home in Pennsylvania, US, following a heated argument.
Trinity was left with life changing injuries, after the previously lovable pitbull bit her nose and arm, dragging her about like a ragdoll.
The 20-year-old was rushed to hospital, where she stayed for several days with severe injuries to her face, ears and arm.
She underwent a number of surgeries, including a skin graft from the top of her forehead and scalp to her nose, as the dog ripped it off in the attack.
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Though it would be hard to tell now that Trinity's nose has been reconstructed, the skin grafts taken from her head still grow hair, resulting in hair sprouting from her nose.
Trinity previously admitted that the aftermath of the attack had shaken her confidence, as it had been hard to come to terms with how her face had changed.
But the 20-year-old hasn't shied away from sharing images of her nose online - hair and all.
In that has since gone viral, garnering 5.7 million views, Trinity put together a 'hairy compilation' of pictures showing her reconstructed nose.
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Trinity captioned her video "love thisssss";, adding "let’s remember to be nice humans".
The post has since been flooded with comments, with many asking if it would be possible to remove the hair.
"Is this something you can get lazered in the future or is it too risky with it being a graft?" one viewer wrote.
"Definitely in the future," Trinity replied.
Not all commenters were bemused, with many praising the look of Trinity's reconstructed nose.
"That’s so cool. your surgeon did an amazing job!!!" a TikTok user wrote.
Some even thought the hair growing out of her Trinity's nose was cute.
"It's none of my business and probably you don't care about what others think but it's just so cute your nose," one said.
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