Dilmrod said he was very happy with the results and that he no longer shies away from Skype calls with his family and friends back home in Tajikistan.
Sergey Bogdanov, the surgeon who treated Dilmrod said he opted for an 'out-of-the-box' solution to give the procedure the best chance of success.
He said: 'We could have done a typical procedure whereby every scar was covered with a piece of skin, but we opted for a difficult, 'out-of-the-box' decision.'