A 33-year-old woman was left feeling like 'a shadow of her former self' after she was bit by her dog

A woman who feared she'd be permanently scarred after her cherished Cocker Spaniel bit her can now 'look in the mirror again' following laser therapy.

Holly Taylor, 33, from South Shields was relaxing in front of the telly with her pooch, Splodge, when the five year old dog suddenly pounced at her face, inflicting a severe bite wound on her cheek.

She said: "I was in complete shock at first, Splodge jumped from my knee, I held my face but could feel the blood running down my hand. My partner ran from the kitchen and knelt beside me - it was when he said take your hand away from your face and he saw the bite, that I knew from his expression it was bad."

However, the consequences were

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