A brave German Shepherd has been given a bionic face after her skull was shattered when she was run over by a motorbike.
Adorable puppy Bella was just nine months old when she was hit by the bike, running across the road near her home in Derbyshire, last October.
Bella, now 15-months-old, had been left fighting for her life with multiple skull, nose and facial fractures, which left her 'looking like a jigsaw puzzle'.
Against all odds, the pooch made a full recovery, with the aftermath of the accident now being invisible to the naked eye.
Owner Maria Williams (left with Bella) said after Bella was hit, all she could remember was her pooch's face pouring with blood (Bella, right after the surgery)
Bella, pictured above before the accident, had ran into the road and was hit by a motorbike
A scan of Bella's skull pre-surgery (left) showed the seriousness of her injuries. Following the surgery (right) Bella is back and fighting fit, and only has a small scar to show for her ordeal
Vets used titanium mesh in pioneering two hour facial reconstruction surgery to get Bella back to her best.
Owner, Maria Williams said: 'I had been looking after my three grandchildren for my daughter while she was at work and was them ready for bed when I sent the youngest one, Logan, four, downstairs after he'd brushed his teeth.
'He saw some family members arrive at the door so he went to open it and Bella bolted out the door and straight into the road and was hit by the motorbike.'
The 49-year-old said when it first happened, all she could see was Bella's face pouring with blood.
The pre-surgery scan (above) shows how the bones in Bella's face had been smashed over the accident
Before the accident owner Maria Williams had been looking after her grandchildren (Megan Chapman, eight, right), when Bella (left) ran out into the road
'It looked like her jaw had fallen off - every bone in her face was smashed.
'I'd never heard of anything like this surgery before but I don't think she
