This burn victim heals more than scars

"I'm gonna go out there and find a solution." 1/29/19 Using Tattoos to Heal From the Inside Out As a little girl, Basma Hameed suffered a painful accident that left half of her face obscured by third-degree burns. She endured hundreds of surgeries and laser treatments to repair her damaged skin before a plastic surgeon told her nothing else could be done—an answer she refused to accept. Hameed went on to pioneer a groundbreaking procedure that allows pigment to be implanted into scar tissue as a way of camouflaging the damage. Today, equipped with a steady hand and unflinching optimism, she helps thousands of people heal from the inside out at her Basma Hameed Clinic. Helping Tibetan Youth Find Their Wings Growing up in Lhasa, Tibet, Rinchen Dolma watched airplanes pass overhead and dreamed of one day flying them herself. She had never been up in the air, and no one she knew was a pilot. Now, thanks to a special aviation training program in Suzhou, China, Rinchen's dreams—and her future—are taking flight.   This Great Big Story was made possible by Singapore Airlines.  The Voice of Hollywood in Communist Romania In communist Romania, buying a VCR off the black market was a path to salvation—or, at least, a respite from heavily censored programming on the country's one and only television network. There was no sex, no religion, no consumerism to be seen on the channel. It was Irina Margareta Nistor's job to make sure nothing slipped through the cracks. Then, in 1985, a businessman approached her with a curious offer: be the dubbed voice for thousands of illegally distributed, completely uncensored films. View this email in your browser.  Copyright © 2019 Great Big Story, LLC, All rights reserved.You are receiving this message because you subscribed to the Great Big Story newsletter. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list