Well, for burn patients, and for people born with facial deformities or develop them, or are injured, and for people hiding out -- Mafia folks, folks in witness protection, folks who just want to get away from their old lives, their spouses, their bill collectors -- and or people who want a new life, a movie star face -- and for people who work in the spy business -- yesterday's announcement that the first full face transplant has been carried out is probably big news.
A man injured in a shooting accident received the world's first full face transplant -- facial skin and muscles - including cheekbones, nose, lips and teeth -- of a donor.
"Face from a dead donor is removed:Veins, arteries, skin, muscles, and bones are taken The donor face and accompanying blood vessels are stitched to the patient using complex microvascular surgery " (BBC)
Dr. Frankenstein, huh? No, a team of 30 experts, medical scientists, at the hospital in Barcelona, Spain. Team head doc, Joan Pere Barret, told the world at a a news conference, "The man has since seen himself in the mirror and was calm and satisfied."
Well, this is the 21st century.
News Source: BBC News
A man injured in a shooting accident received the world's first full face transplant -- facial skin and muscles - including cheekbones, nose, lips and teeth -- of a donor.
"Face from a dead donor is removed:Veins, arteries, skin, muscles, and bones are taken The donor face and accompanying blood vessels are stitched to the patient using complex microvascular surgery " (BBC)
Dr. Frankenstein, huh? No, a team of 30 experts, medical scientists, at the hospital in Barcelona, Spain. Team head doc, Joan Pere Barret, told the world at a a news conference, "The man has since seen himself in the mirror and was calm and satisfied."
Well, this is the 21st century.
News Source: BBC News