Surgeons, donor give disfigured man hope

Doctors in Wuhan, Hubei province, thanks to a donation from an Italian businesswoman, have successfully performed the first surgical procedure on Monday to help a man whose face was burned and disfigured 22 years ago when he was an infant.

After the surgery, Zhao Xuecheng, 22, can open his mouth wider, freeing him from the restriction caused by a tightened burn scar.

Previously, "most of his food had to be torn up into smaller bits before he could eat," said Li Xianyu, Zhao's adoptive mother.