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[quote]A Spanish man has appeared before TV cameras after becoming the first person in the world to have a full-face transplant.
The man, known only as Oscar, spoke with difficulty as he thanked the family of the person whose face he now has and the doctors at Vall d'Hebron in Madrid where he had the operation in March.
During the 24-hour surgery, doctors lifted an entire face, including jaw, nose, cheekbones, muscles, teeth and eyelids from one person and placed it, mask-like, onto Oscar.
The 31-year-old recipient is a farmer who was unable to breathe or eat on his own after accidentally shooting himself in the face five years ago.
He has now been discharged from hospital and will need between a year and 18 months of physical therapy but is expected to regain up to 90% of his facial functions, said the head of the surgical team, Dr Joan Pere Barret.
Oscar is now able to drink liquids and eat soft foods, and has been able to speak for the past two months, the hospital revealed.
Doctors also said he has regained the feeling in most of his face and is partly recovering movement of his muscles.
One good sign, apparently, was that a week after the operation, he had to be shaved because of beard growth.
But he also suffered acute rejection twice - once four weeks after the surgery and again between the second and third months. Both times, the new face was saved with medication, a hospital statement said.
At the news conference, Oscar seemed relaxed as he looked out at reporters with eyes he cannot yet close completely.
His sister, who has not been identified to protect the family's privacy, said her brother looks forward to leading a normal life.
He is eager to enjoy "little things, like walking down the street without anyone looking at him, or sitting down for a meal with his family. Doing things that all of us do on a normal day", she said.
A French team announced a similar operation earlier this month, saying a 35-year-old man with a genetic disorder has been given an entirely new face, including tear ducts that cry and a chin that sprouts stubble.
A partial face transplant was carried out first in France in 2005 and since then around a dozen have taken place, including three in Spain.[/quote]
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It's good he's finally decided to face the public
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[quote]after accidentally shooting himself in the face five years ago[/quote]
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Looks like someone went crazy with faceposer. Thats really awesome though.
looks like this guy to be honest
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To be honest no matter how amazing these things are, I still think these face transplants look like shit.
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Oh lawdy, I know this is gonna find it's way to LMAO pics soon.
He'll probably look way better when the new face becomes toned and adheres to the facial structures more.
While it's better than his original injury to be sure, these face transplants do look pretty horrific and weird. The technology needs to be perfected before they stop looking terrifying.
[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;23650356]He'll probably look way better when the new face becomes toned and adheres to the facial structures more.[/QUOTE]
He'll get better control with the muscles as well, as he has yet to rebuild motor control in his face.
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Good job! I mean it's bloody amazing!
That's actually astounding. Sure, he looks like he's been knocked around a bit, but he has a face again.
Just curious, what is it that causes transplanted tissue to puff up so much after a procedure, is that a swelling reaction or what?
They wanted him to look like McCain
[QUOTE=gnome;23652125]Just curious, what is it that causes transplanted tissue to puff up so much after a procedure, is that a swelling reaction or what?[/QUOTE]
Swelling happens with a lot of surgeries. It will most likely go down within a few months. I had a hip replacement about a month and a half ago and my foot was swollen as hell. I couldn't move it at all. Swelling went down but it's still kind of stiff.
I broke my collarbone and fucked up my shoulder pretty bad when i failed a snowmobile jump. My shoulder was swollen and overall fucked up for weeks.
[QUOTE=Brage Nyman;23651860][img]http://pici.se/pictures/TCDGFwBqH.jpg[/img]
Good job! I mean it's bloody amazing![/QUOTE]
Wow, that really is a big difference. No sarcasm.
They look like god damn SPLOICERS
That's pretty fucking amazing.
I thought it said transparent man :saddowns:
Judging by the appearance of his face before the procedure, I would say that they did a pretty damn good job, as time will mold his face naturally he will look a bit better.
Awesome
This is actually pretty incredible.
Just a few slight modifications would make him look like a normal, chubby cheeked man.
And now to begin his new life as a security guard in Rivet City
At first I thought he was still hugely deformed but then I realized his face is just swollen.
I'm happy for the guy.
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"I want to take his face... off. Eyes, nose, skin, teeth. It's coming off."
[QUOTE=Brage Nyman;23651860][img]http://pici.se/pictures/TCDGFwBqH.jpg[/img]
Good job! I mean it's bloody amazing![/QUOTE]
I'd like to see what it's like once it's healed.
Wait what so someone just gave their face to this guy
What
One hell of a poker face.
what's the movie where the chick had the fake face? Repo! the genetic opera I think
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