NATASHA’S GIRL AND A TRAUMA GPS CAN’T TACKLE

NEWSREADER Natasha Kaplinsky, right, spoke last week about a fireball that engulfed the boat she and her family were aboard last June in Greece.

The blaze, caused by a fuel leak, left her daughter Angelica, now nine, badly burned and scarred for life. Natasha, 46, a former Strictly winner, admitted: ‘I just kept on looking at her face, because that’s what was injured… and thinking about her wedding day.’

Scars, especially on the face, can be incredibly distressing. Severe-burns patients should be seen at a specialist hospital clinic, where efforts will be made to try to minimise the appearance of the scar. But after that, GPs are limited in what we can offer and many treatments are available only privately. The reason? Scars are often deemed a ‘cosmetic’ issue. But the truth is, the trauma of being disfigured runs far deeper that the skin, and patients really should be given more help.