Any deformity, whether congenital or acquired, creates not only an unacceptable physical disfigurement but also a deep emotional & mental scar. This can only be understood by a person who has been actually affected or the near & dear ones. Most such people gradually learn to live with it, resigning to their fate with a sigh of resentful defeat. Its so ironical & unfortunate that they are unaware of a possible end to all their miseries - both physical & emotional. 

Plastic surgeons had only 'Grafting' to offer to such people as a possible way of reducing their disfigurement. This technique involves transferring an area of skin from a healthy region to the affected region. The major flaw with this is that there would be an obvious mismatch in colour & texture from the surrounding skin. Leave aside the general population, even most doctors still equate Plastic Surgery to Grafting