Five years ago, the pretty and refined face of a 16-year-old girl in eastern China became a thing of the past when a classmate she turned down doused her in lighter fluid and set her on fire.
Zhou Yan suffered burns covering a third of her body, including her neck and face, and lost an ear in the attack, the state-run Beijing News reported.
Now 21, she faces the physical and physiological agony of her unhealed wounds alone.

An adult Zhou Yan looks herself in the mirror via Beijing News