Shamsa Sharawe was left in agony when she was just six
A teaching assistant from Burnley raised £25k to fly to abroad for reconstruction surgery - after undergoing cruel 'female genital mutilation' with a rusty razon at the age of six.
When Shamsa was just six a local doctor known as 'The Cutter' performed the procedure with dirty implements while a group of adults held her down. The barbaric surgery was performed without pain medication or anaesthetic. She said: ''Being cut without anaesthetic was crippling. It was horrendous. 'I was in so much shock I became numb.
Shamsa - who also works with MET police on their community and engagement programme - said: "The trauma hit me all at once. I felt like half a woman. I felt so insecure as a teenager and didn't feel desirable at all." In her late 20s the ripping became worse and Shamsa struggled to walk and sit. She said: "I was ripping sideways. The scar tissue became very thin. The damaged clitoris became exposed. I was told 'no doctor in this country will touch you'."
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