A Visual Timeline of Healing from a Dog Bite

Cindy Chu
7 min readFeb 5, 2021

CW/TW: Graphic photos of wounds on face from a dog bite, proceed with caution if you are sensitive to such images.

I recently started a support group for dog bite/facial trauma survivors, after spending years messaging privately with survivors who read my first essay about my experience recovering psychologically and physically from my dog bite to the face. I get many of the same questions over and over; when will I look normal again, when will the swelling go down, when can I start scar treatments, what should I do to help my scars, etc. I am NOT a…

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