A hairdresser has been scarred for life and 'left with PTSD' after her nose was torn off in a horror dog attack. Dog lover Ashley Unger had been playing with and cuddling the pitbull at a client's house before it sank its teeth into her as she tried to leave.
The 31-year-old had been playfully rolling around with the mutt that belonged to her customer's roommate in between touching up her hair on March 17th before it suddenly attacked.The traumatised stylist was rushed to hospital while holding her face together with the bone exposed where doctors stitched together her flesh.
Horrifying photos show Ashley's bloodied face, severed septum and blown out cartilage after her nose was left 'literally hanging off'. Stunned doctors stitched her face together but now her sister Melissa Schmidt has launched a GoFundMe page to raise $20,000 for reconstructive surgery.
Ashley, from Plainfield, Illionois, US, said: "It was the first time I'd met the dog, I'm a dog person so I was playing with him. I was there for about five hours that day. He was on my chest and I was cuddling him an hour before he attacked me.
"I'm very grateful he didn't bite me when I was lying down because it would be a lot worse. As I was about to leave through the front door, the dog started running from the kitchen so I crouched to stop him from going outside.
"I didn't touch him, he was about a foot away from me, I heard the nastiest growl of my entire life. The next thing I know, my nose is hanging off and I was holding my face together. It was the worst pain I'd ever been in.
"I screamed, the client said she'll never get that scream out of her mind. I screamed like my life depended on it, he got off me and next thing I know he's in the corner on the other side of the room.
