AN Adelaide woman has needed more than 200 stitches to put her face back together after a vicious dog attack on Boxing Day.

Ashley Bunn was walking home from her sister’s house in the western suburbs of Adelaide when she was attacked in the street by her neighbour’s great dane/staffordshire bull terrier cross.

media_camera Ashley Bunn recovering in hospital after the attack. She has had skin taken from her forearm to help reconstruct her chin. Picture: Facebook / Ashley Bunn

Surgeons used 200 stitches to reattach a large portion of her chin which had been torn off.

“When I did look in the mirror I just burst into tears, I didn’t know what to think — I know I’m not going to look the same,” Ms Bunn told Ten Eyewitness News.

She has already had skin grafts on her chin but still faces up to 15 more rounds of surgery.

Friends and families have rallied around Ms Bunn, taking to social media to wish her a speedy recovery.

The owners of the dog face large fines, while the dog has been euthanised.