This report describes a case of an acid assault burn suffered by a 16-year-old girl. The assailant was her 17 year old ex-boyfriend. The incident took place outside the backdoor of her family residence. The acid was thrown at her face, but she raised her arms and turned away to limit the facial damage. She sustained an 8% TBSA burn of which 6% was deep dermal to full thickness. The burn involved the face, posterior scalp and multiple patches over her back and upper limbs (Fig. 1). She was initially taken to the nearest hospital, which commenced primary resuscitation with immediate lavage. The extent of her injuries, which included airway compromise and chemical assault, fitted the criteria for transfer to a Burns Centre for definitive care (Table 1). She was subsequently transferred to PWH. She was primarily seen in the Emergency department and the severity of injuries was assessed; immediate lavage was continued. Urgent eye consult was requested to document corneal damage and institute appropriate therapy. Her burn injuries matched the criteria for urgent examination under anaesthesia (EUA), which included confluent areas of discoloured skin greater than 20 cm2 on the face and 100 cm2 on the trunk or limbs (Table 1). She was taken immediately from the emergency room to the operating theatre for an EUA. Tangential test shaves were performed in all burn areas confirming that the burns were deep, and thin layers of tissue were removed until there was active bleeding (lacuna-like or punctate bleeding) (Fig. 2). Over the next forty-eight hours she had saline soaks applied that were changed every two hours. This was followed by application of porcine skin to the wound bed to assess the suitability for grafting. At day three to five she was taken back to theatre for some supplementary shaving and definitive grafting. One year after the incident, her wounds had healed well with minimal hypertrophic scarring on the trunk and limbs. The burns on the face that had been shaved also healed with minimal hypertrophic scarring, but two linear tracks of hypertrophic scar developed in two areas of burn that were thought to be too narrow for initial tangential shave. These hypertrophic areas were attributed to where the acid had run off, and they were subsequently treated with minor revision surgery. Overall, she made a remarkable recovery psychologically and physically.