A woman has undergone an eyelash transplant after her eyelid was ripped open during a fall on a night out.
Itinder Kaur permanently damaged her right eyelid when she stumbled while out with friends five years ago.
The now 30-year-old, of London, lost a clump of lashes from the centre of her right eye when her friend accidentally dragged her across gravel while trying to help her up.
Surgeons at the Crown Clinic in Manchester transplanted 16 new eyelashes into Miss Kaur's 'gap' using hair from the back of her scalp. Footage of the operation was shown at a conference, teaching dozens of surgeons from around the world how to perform the intricate procedure.
After her fall, Miss Kaur, an associate director at an engineering-services company, was rushed to hospital, where medics tried to repair the damage.
Although she does not blame her friend for what happened, Miss Kaur struggled to accept her new appearance.
Miss Kaur's surgeon Dr Asim Shahmalak agreed to carry out the £4,000 operation for free, providing it was broadcast at the FUE [follicular unit extraction] Europe conference.
Dr Shahmalak, who operated on Miss Kaur alongside the Beverly Hills hair-restoration surgeon Dr Parsa Mohebi, was the first medic to carry out an eyelash transplant in the UK in 2009.
