An acid attack victim has spoken of her harrowing ordeal after a stalker took to shockingly extreme measures after he was repeatedly rejected.

Monica Singh, 31, spoke to Allure about her attack and how she has been able to embrace her scars following 46 reconstructive plastic surgeries.

“I grew up like every normal girl who is pampered by her parents. 

“If I say what society thinks beauty is, I was pretty much it. 

“There were a lot of guys who wanted to date me. I was a tomboy and I always used to say no.

“After I finished my first undergraduate year in Fashion Design I went back home. One day I went out with all my friends to watch a movie.

“On the way home I saw the guy who was obsessed with me. 

“He had been stalking me for the past five years. It was a one-sided love for him. He made me stop my car.

“Two guys came on a bike with a bucket in their hands. And then there was a big splash on my face and body.

“I thought someone threw coffee or something just to destroy the clothes I was wearing. It turned out to be acid.”

Monica said that she could smell the burning from her clothes and body and although several doctors attempted to dilute the chemical from her body, she was medically declared dead.

“My mum didn't have the strength to see me for a whole month. I could see her pain. I couldn't see myself for many months actually because I wasn't allowed.

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“When I did see my face, it was all black. All the seven layers of skin got like stone. 

“My face, my identity all got burned completely. I have had 46 reconstructive plastic surgeries.”

Despite the attempts to restore her face, Monica told Allure that she still had to keep half her face covered and that her injuries served as a deterrent when looking for work.

“I finished my degree with my face covered.  I tried to find a job in the fashion industry with that face but nobody was hiring me.”

Monica revealed her father gave her immense emotional support and encouraged her to go out and face people.

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“He said, people will look at you once, they will look at you the second day, the third day, the fourth day, but on the fifth day you will become old news and no-one will care how you look anymore.

“So I went out shopping. When I came home, I was like, ‘Dad, I did it!’

“That was my first walk in the market with an open face and I did it.

“The biggest thing anyone can do who suffered a deformity on her face or scars is acceptance.

“Now I accept my face.  I feel beautiful.

“I am more than my scars. I am the strength of a woman and what she can do after the biggest obstacle of her life.”