ISight stopped working!!

Thanks for your attention.
I was normally using my iSight all the time with Skype and Photo Booth, when suddenly yesterday my MacBook Pro was no longer able to activate the built-in iSight camera.
It did not appear available on Skype or Photo Booth . . . I tried to troubleshoot by restarting, resetting PRAM 5 times and resetting SMU (take out battery, hold power button for 5 secs), but to no avail of the problem.
I checked System Profiler and under USB it states that it's got iSight connected and running. However, no program could detect my iSight still.
This is VERY frustrating since I'm unable to fully webcam with my loved ones. I have AppleCare 3-year plan covered and I'm currently in the UK, but I prefer not to send my MacBook Pro for maintainence since I need it for my studies heavily.
Thank you VERY VERY much if you could be of any help.

You've done the thing(s) that might have fixed it (PRAM reset in particular) so now it's down to getting the hardware fixed and it will have to go in to Apple ...

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