disfigurement

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Those who survived the atom bomb, along with their descendants, continue to live in the long shadow of that day – wrestling with disfigurement, pain, and a decades-long fight for justice that remains unresolved.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

Brandi Glanville has spent a fortune treating facial disfigurement that her doctors suspect may be caused by a ‘new parasite.’

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

On May 23, a jury awarded Gutierrez $400,000 in damages for past and future pain, disfigurement, grief, and emotional distress as a result of the injuries.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025

Under state law, plaintiffs in these cases can recover only $250,000 in noneconomic damages unless the plaintiff’s injury constitutes “substantial or permanent loss or impairment of bodily function, substantial disfigurement, or death.”

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2025

Or because I have a disfigurement of my own?

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir