In St. Petersburg on June 20, a successful plastic surgery was performed on five-year-old Luna Fenner. The young American girl gained fame online as the “Batman mask girl” due to a large birthmark covering almost her entire face. Previously, Russian doctors had performed surgeries to remove the main area of the nevus, but scars and remnants of the birthmark remained. For a long time, Luna’s mother struggled to obtain a visa but eventually managed to come for her daughter’s reconstructive plastic surgeries.

On the eve of the latest procedure, on Wednesday, Carol Fenner wrote in a blog dedicated to her extraordinary daughter: “Tomorrow is a big day – Luna’s first aesthetic plastic surgery. The main goals are her eyes, which still open during sleep, and of course, providing Luna with better, more mobile skin without burns. She says she can’t wait to get through it and have the operation. Once again, I ask for prayers and positive thoughts for our princess.”

Concluding her post, the girl’s mother asked, “May angels be nearby, blessing and guiding Dr. Olga’s hands in this very important stage in Luna’s life.” The five-hour and twenty-minute operation was successful. “We removed the remaining nevus and 50% of the scar tissue surface, restored the closure of the left eye’s eyelids, and performed eyelid surgery,” said Dr. Olga Filippova to the “360” portal immediately after the operation, wishing the girl a speedy recovery. She expressed hope that Luna’s parents would be pleased with the results of the surgery.

Early Friday morning, June 21, Carol Fenner posted a video showing Luna dancing with a bandage on her face, saying, “12 hours after the operation…. We’re back, guys! She always amazes us, our wonderful little warrior! Later, I’ll tell you more details about what happened. I just want you to know that everything is fine.” Luna will spend three more days at the clinic.

Luna underwent her first radical surgery at six months old. Oncologists from a clinic in Krasnodar offered to help the girl’s parents when they learned that doctors in the United States were refusing her because, by their methods, it would require about eighty surgeries under general anesthesia.

The first part of the treatment course, which included photodynamic therapy and around eight surgeries, cost the family about two hundred thousand dollars, whereas in the US, they would have had to pay at least twice as much.