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She Tattooed Half Her Face And You’d Never Know It. Her Skills Are Just That Good.

Meet Samira Omar.

The 17-year-old was the victim of a horrific bullying incident. A group of girls threw boiling water on her, leaving her badly burned and covered in scars and discoloration. 

She thought the physical scars would be with her forever — until she met Basma Hameed.

Basma Hameed runs a tattoo shop, of sorts — but her tattoo artistry doesn’t look like this:

it looks like this:

Basma is a paramedical tattoo specialist. Instead of tattooing vibrant, colorful designs, she uses special pigments that match the skin in order to conceal scars.

With Basma’s help, patients like Samira can see a dramatic decrease in their scar visibility and discoloration after a few treatments. She even offers free procedures for patients who are unable to afford treatment. That’s because Basma knows firsthand just how life-changing her work can be for those coping with painful scars left behind.

Click here to watch the full video and find out more about Basma’s practice, including how she became her very first patient.

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Any time I hear the symphonic ds9 theme, it’s like those bells clang right against my heart.

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if you ever feel like you are stuck with whatever choices you make when you’re young, please remember that:

• van Gogh didn’t start painting until his 20′s
  
• Alan Rickman got his first movie role at age 46
• kentucky fried chicken was launched when colonel sanders was 65
  
• Charles Darwin was going to be a Preacher
  
• Mick Jagger studied accounting and finance.
• J. K Rowling was 32 when Harry Potter and the philosopher’s Stone was published

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• A - Your current OTP(s)/OT3(s)/OTX(s)
• B - A pairing you initially didn’t consider but someone changed your mind
• C - A ship you have never liked and probably never will (be nice)
• D - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t (again: be nice)
• E - Have you added anything cracky/hilarious to your fandom, if so, what
• F - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom
• G - Do you remember your first OTP, if so who was in it
• H - What is your favorite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., tv shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)
• I - Has tumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why
• J - Name a fandom you didn’t care/think about until you saw it all over tumblr
• K -Say something nice about someone in any of your fandoms
• L - Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves (chars you’re neutral on are fair game, as are chars you dislike)
• M - Say something genuinely nice about a ship that you don’t ship (or its shippers, or anything related to you)
• N - Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice)
• O - Choose a song at random, which ship or character does it remind you of
• P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas)
• Q - A ship you’ve abandoned and why
• R - A pairing you ship that you don’t think anyone else ships
• S - Show us an example of your personal headcanon (prompts optional but encouraged)
• T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending, about anything at all (gender identity, sexual or romantic orientation, extended family, sexual preferences like top/bottom/switch, relationship with poetry, seriously anything)
• U - 5 favorite characters from 5 different fandoms
• V - 3 OTPs from 3 different fandoms
• W - 5 favorite ships and 5 kinks you like best for said ships
• X - top 5-10 characters who are yoUR PRECIOUS BABIES AND YOU WILL DIE DEFENDING THEM
• Y - What are your secondhand fandoms (fandoms you aren’t in personally but are tangentially familiar with because your friends/people on your dash are in them)
• Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go (prompts optional but encouraged)

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