Injured dancer Lee Kai Yin shares first filtered photo of face since Mirror accident in 2022
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Lee Kai Yin (right) uploaded a recent photo with filters of himself (left) on social media on July 23.
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Hong Kong dancer Lee Kai Yin has shared a close-up photo of himself for the first time in three years.
The 30-year-old, also known as Ah Mo, was critically injured in July 2022 when a giant LED screen fell on him during a concert
Lee suffered a severe spinal injury and was in critical condition for more than a month. Reports then said he faced the possibility of being paralysed from the neck down.
On July 23, Lee posted on Instagram several photos, including one of himself in a wheelchair.
Although filters were used on the face, the tattoos on his chest and one of his arms matched those in old photos of him. A scar was seen near his collarbone in the latest photo, which was probably caused by a tracheostomy tube in his neck.
“It’s me!” he wrote in English, before adding in Chinese: “I was encouraged by what the daughter of an optical shop owner said yesterday, so I’m going to share some of the little things which made me feel good lately and see if I can pick up energy from you all.”
He posted a picture of the items on his table – including K-pop girl group NewJeans’ official light stick and three Teletubbies figures – two photos of a sunset and two artificial intelligence-generated pictures of his cats.
His girlfriend So Ching, a former member of Hong Kong girl group Collar, shared his post on Instagram Stories, writing: “If I were half as strong as him.”
In December 2024, Lee posted on Instagram his first photo of himself in hospital showing only his hand, while his father, pastor Derek Li, was beside him.
“Probably the only human being who loves me so much and actually cares about my every nanometer bit of improvement every single day,” Lee wrote then.
