An A&E doctor Almas Ahmad and medical researcher has developed the world’s first acid-proof make-up - due to launch early next year. Acid attacks were barely heard of in the UK only a few years ago. But at least two are now carried out every day on average in Britain. Between 2012 and 2016, the number of attacks recorded by police increased nearly threefold, from 228 to 601. The rise has continued since then with around 70 attacks per month, according to an investigation by the Daily Mirror. Just in the past week, a teenage girl and a woman in her sixties were taken to hospital suffering from facial injuries after a substance was thrown at them in south London on Monday. And a man was taken to hospital on Tuesday after having a liquid squirted at him on a busy high street in south-west London. On Thursday, two men were jailed for spraying three people at a party in North Lanarkshire over a drugs debt. And meanwhile, police in Somerset continued their investigation into an acid attack in Yeovil. Inspired by Katie Piper: ——————————— It was the ordeal of Katie Piper, the model who survived an attack by her ex-boyfriend in 2008, that first alerted Dr Almas Ahmed to what was going on. “I first heard about acid attacks while at medical school,” says the A&E doctor. “The very first person I heard about was Katie Piper and I remember being horrified. “I discovered it was more of an issue in Pakistan and when I looked into it I found that it was such a big problem and women have been suffering for quite some time. And that’s what made me want to do something about it.” The medical researcher, who describes herself as an “academic vigilante”, has since developed the world’s first acid-proof make-up. It is expected to launch commercially early next year. . Follow: @readersdiarymag for more! . #technology #tech #scientist #emergingpakistan #pakistani #hotnews #computer #pakistanifashion #software #pak #pakistanimedia #suparco #pakistanipics #pakistan #news #peshawar #changingpakistan #pakistanicinema #igpakistan #lollywood #agriculture #neurology #pakarmy #pakchinafriendsip #geonews #pakistaniarmy #engineering #pakistanzindabad #pakistanpain https://www.instagram.com/readersdiarymag/p/BxYJjm5BoPs/?igshid=8qp0lfzxovug
