Hidden Disfigurement

What is life like living with a disfigurement other people can't see?

Sylvia Mac took 45 years to tell friends and family about the deep painful scar tissue on her back, stomach and leg. She fell into boiling water when she was three.

This piece was translated into five different languages on BBC World Service.

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