‘Acid Attack’ Scars: Strategy for Scars from Assaults Using Corrosive Substances

The use of corrosive substances has unfortunately increased in some parts of the world including the UK; In 2006–2007, there were 44 admissions to hospital as a result of these assaults and there has been a year-on-year rise to 110 in 2010–2011. Recent evidence has shown that these attacks tend to occur in certain pockets of the country, mainly in the South East, that the victims tend to be Caucasian men and the perpetrators tend also to be Caucasian men. This is a previously undocumented demographic pattern.