How A Vicious Burn Attack Taught This Woman About Inner Beauty

Beauty is most often cast as fun, frivolous, and vain. And though in the larger picture, things like mascara, blush, and lipstick indeed seem lighthearted -- it is the business of appearances, after all -- there's also something remarkably potent about beauty. While the conversation has been dominated (and rightly so) by the changing representations of beauty, we rarely hear about the therapeutic and, yes, sometimes life-changing effect it can have. All this week, we'll be bringing you such insp...