A little girl has undergone plastic surgery after part of her mouth was ripped off by a dog in a Christmas Day attack.
Six-year-old Demi Baines was walking to her home in Hyde, Greater Manchester, with mother Karen Baines when she was mauled by the Staffordshire bull terrier.
Ms Baines described how the dog launched at her daughter and attached itself to her face – leaving the little girl with horrifying facial injuries which included a severed lip.
Demi was taken to Manchester Royal Infirmary, where plastic surgeons have worked to reconstruct her mouth in two separate operations.
Mother-of-three Ms Baines, 36, said: 'I feared for Demi’s life – I thought she could have been killed.
'It was the most scary, terrible thing I have ever experienced.
Six-year-old Demi Baines was walking to her home in Hyde, Greater Manchester, with mother Karen Baines when she was mauled by the Staffordshire bull terrier.
Ms Baines described how the dog launched at her daughter and attached itself to her face – leaving the little girl with horrifying facial injuries which included a severed lip.
Injuries: Six-year-old Demi Baines was mauled by a Staffordshire bull terrier near her home in Hyde
Demi was taken to Manchester Royal Infirmary, where plastic surgeons have worked to reconstruct her mouth in two separate operations.
Mother-of-three Ms Baines, 36, said: 'I feared for Demi’s life – I thought she could have been killed.
'It was the most scary, terrible thing I have ever experienced.
