Photographer made an appointment to take commemorative photos, allowing Jiang Xinchen to accept his scars calmly. Photographer: Dai Yongcheng / Stylist: Zhang Zhenzhen
Last December, Facebook "Beauty Commune" posted a half-naked beauty photo, which shakes the hearts of tens of thousands of netizens. What is shocking is not the angel face of the heroine, but the young her limbs are covered with large areas of burn scars as rough as an old woman. The extreme contrast is heartbreaking. She is Jiang Xinchen, 31 years old, a survivor of the Eight Immortals Dust Explosion. This accident changed her life. She has experienced 21 surgeries in three years and countless rehabilitation. She has endured pain and bravely faced strange eyes from others. She is " Mermaid in the sea of fire". Because she floats through the purgatory on earth, she looks even more dazzling and beautiful.
Taipei Eight Immortals Dust Explosion Scene
On June 27, 2015, Taipei Eight Immortals Dust Explosion caused 15 deaths and 484 injuries, causing Jiang Xinchen's life to suddenly change color. She was burned by evil fire for 40 seconds and could not break free. After seeking medical treatment, she was judged to be burned 91% of her body. Although she finally saved her life, she left a large area of scars on her limbs and chest and back, which could only be described as having no skin. Her neck was covered by a scarf, which was the only part that was not injured.
As soon as Jiang Xinchen was sent to the hospital, the doctor immediately performed a fascia stomp to prevent tissue from becoming corrupted. Jiang Xinchen provides
. In the past three years, she underwent 21 skin graft reconstruction surgeries. Because the wound scar is too thick, it affects the joint activities of the hands and toes. So far, she has to go to the hospital to continue to undergo rehabilitation regularly. "I have thought about it many times since the incident. Just don't go that day. ." Jiang Xinchen told reporters that on the day of the accident, she had a cold. She woke up in the morning and was still considering whether to go to the appointment. In the end, she still went as agreed. When she was about to leave in the evening, because her best friend said, " wants to keep more", she was affected by the dust explosion 10 minutes later. She was also the one who was the most seriously injured in the group.
The burn scar is too thick, affecting the joints of the hand. Jiang Xinchen was unable to eat by himself for 3 months. Jiang Xinchen provided
mentioning the horror that night, Jiang Xinchen was still in fear. " fire rushed directly to my face, thinking that he was dead. He quickly covered his face with both hands, afraid that it would burn my eyes. " At that time, she was soaked in the sea of fire, she was knocked down by the fleeing crowd, her limbs were weak, she could not move, and could not get up. She didn't even dare to open her eyes, so she could only fall to the ground and shout, " Help !" The shocking surprise has been deeply rooted in her mind, " I am still young, and there are still many things that have not been completed, I don't want to die ." At that moment, she flashed many scenes, thinking of her mother, brother, and boyfriend, " fell in the sea of fire for 40 seconds, and the fire was extinguished ."
Jiang Xinchen was carried to the rescue site by a lifeguard. She waited for more than three hours because she was injured and had not waited for the ambulance for a long time. She felt that she could not hold on. When she heard a bus driver saying she was going to the hospital, she immediately begged: "Please carry me to to " and asked the other party to notify her mother. Jiang Xinchen, who is determined to survive, has always been awake when he is in the hospital. " I am afraid of fainting. No one can save me. Only in this way can I save myself! "
Jiang Xinchen has undergone 21 reconstruction surgeries in three years and has been rehabilitated countless times.
" didn't expect that going into the hospital was the beginning of hell, " The doctor immediately helped her perform a fascia severing surgery, and used sixteen knifes to dissipate heat to prevent the meat inside from being stewed first. Jiang Xinchen said, "It was the next day when woke up. It was the tube inserted at the moment. It hurts very much. I immediately felt the part of my body being cut by a knife, like Another world ."
The pain that others have never experienced before brings countless nightmares at night. " I will talk to the entangled pain. Can I let me rest for a minute? " Every time the dressing change makes Jiang Xinchen suffer an unprecedented severe pain, because she has no skin on her body. She was wrapped in thick gauze at that time, like a mummy. " gauze sticks to the flesh, and she tore off the gauze for the sake of changing the dressing, like tearing the flesh. "In order to change the dressing, she sometimes has to change it twice a day. "Hydropping changes in are not like surgery to anesthetize ." Before her first discharge, she endured the torture for three to four months.
Before the accident, Jiang Xinchen and her boyfriend took a photo with her mother
Three months before hospitalization, Jiang Xinchen needed someone to feed her when she had dinner. Because the scar was too thick and stuck in the joints, her hands were at most bent 90 degrees. "The doctor of came to force my hand, hoping that I could make my arms bend like a normal person ." But for Jiang Xinchen, she felt the severe pain like a broken hand bone, which made her cry and scold her for help.
The best friend who invited her at that time was 53% burned, and the recovery was relatively smooth. Compared with Jiang Xinchen, who had problems even sitting up, she admitted that " did feel unbalanced in her heart at that time ", but she never blamed her best friend . " I can feel that we all experience the same pain, that is an accident. "
The wound on her body can heal, but the shadow in her heart is not easy to fade. Since the dust explosion, what Jiang Xinchen cannot accept the most is that her body is completely exhausted, and the large-scale burning of her skin made her very inferior, and even feel that she can't see anyone on the outside. " I wrapped it in pressure clothes a few years ago and hid it in ."
Because my father is a swimming coach, Jiang Xinchen can swim since he was a child
Jiang Xinchen, who was wearing a belt and sitting in a wheelchair in the hospital, had no hair and purple skin. She couldn't resist the eyes of the crowd in the hospital. "Have my boyfriend pushed me to the first floor store to buy things, and he felt that many people were looking at me, but I couldn't move, so he burst into tears on the spot. "
Until an exhibition, Jiang Xinchen was invited by a photographer to take a photo. After a year of discussion, she took a photo of " commemorative photo " in November last year, and she was really open to her hands and accepted the scars. She was wearing it when taking photos. With colorful wings, her eyes exuded calm and confident, " is a kind of courage, like a rebirth in the fire ." Later, the co-created makeup artist shared the "commemorative photo" on Facebook "Beauty Commune", and many netizens cheered for her, " also gave me a lot of encouragement and courage, and I would not care about the things on my appearance so much. ."
Mother encouraged Jiang Xinchen many times to accept himself, not to take care of the eyes of the unexpected
accepted the invitation from the photographer. Jiang Xinchen actually considered " half-forced himself to take pictures" as the beginning of getting along with the scar "" ". Later, except for the clothes and outfits on her body, she no longer deliberately wrapped the scars on her body. She described " as if she was willing to go out and ".
Once on the bus, a child saw the scar on her hand and said to her mother, ", look at that hand...". She also felt that it was nothing, just cover it. Some friends and children asked her why she didn't cover it up, and she smiled and said, "This is how auntie ", " is like grandma's hand, wrinkled ", " skin is always waiting for ".
After Jiang Xinchen was injured, he began to like mermaid-related dolls and related accessories
Personality determines destiny, and ideas change life. Jiang Xinchen will have such a change, and it is also the encouragement of her closest mother around her. Even if she says "mom chants portrait machine gun "Dada...", she will also encourage her to " not care about other people's eyes " to accept imperfect things on her body and become a part of herself. "What happened to is that she can only bear and face ." She also asked her not to care about other people's eyes and to try new things bravely.
The relationship with her boyfriend is about to last ten years. Jiang Xinchen is very grateful for the company and care of her boyfriend who has been in love for ten years. It is the happiest thing that Jiang Xinchen has had since this painful day. When she visited the set, she saw her boyfriend constantly waved her hands and found out that he had secretly stabbed a tattoo from the inside of his elbow to the wrist. It was a long-haired mermaid lying on the sea of fire. The appearance of " Fire Sea Mermaid " is unique and vivid. " I was very moved when I saw it because he stabbed me in his life" "
Jiang Xinchen's boyfriend is a company business and usually pays attention to image. He used to want to tattoo, but originally wanted to stab her in a place where no one saw it. He said that because she loved beauty very much, she was very inferior when she was discharged from the hospital and would not want to go out. " so she stabbed a mermaid who was in the sea of fire and felt confident and proud to encourage her to ." He also felt that "Since such a big thing happened to and could not beat her down, there was actually no need to be afraid of any attempts in the future ."
To encourage Jiang Xinchen, her boyfriend stabbed the mermaid pattern on his left arm, which was moving
kissed Jiang Xinchen by the impermanent fire. In addition to leaving scars, she also quietly changed her career path. She originally served in a telecommunications store. After the accident, she noticed that a wounded friend had eyebrow tattoos because his facial features became unclear, making his facial features three-dimensional. From that moment on, she had the idea of picking up her previous interest in doing beauty and moving towards the path of a tattoo artist.
Jiang Xinchen is currently working as a tattoo artist, opening a studio in one room at home, and his monthly performance is not stable. Currently, Jiang Xinchen has opened a personal studio in her original warehouse. Her goal this year is to go to class and take international licenses. " is now full of tattooing techniques, including facial silkworms, nose shadows, and human mid-person ." Although no matter how much surgery is performed after a burn, it will not be possible to recover as before, she said, " can still be the beauty industry I like now, and it feels enough ."
Jiang Xinchen continues to go to the hospital for rehabilitation regularly, practice core cardiopulmonary function
The scar tissue on the hands is too thick, and needs to be softened by rehabilitation compression.
Thick scar tissue will grow at the border, and it must be rehabilitation thrust.
The story of the mermaid in the sea of fire touched people's hearts and sparked heated discussions among netizens. Netizens praised " is beautiful ", " is so brave ", and netizen Tang Kin praised her boyfriend, " boyfriend is great, touching and encouraging, I wish you happiness forever ." Netizen Cheng Weiwei stayed reluctantly on the message board, " I don't dare to read the text to describe her rehabilitation process... It's hard to imagine what she has experienced... Come on!! You will be better. "
