First full face transplant "a success" - Polidicks

[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8639437.stm[/url] [img]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47702000/gif/_47702123_face_transplant_466.gif[/img] [quote]A team of 30 Spanish doctors say they have successfully performed the world's first full face transplant. A man injured in a shooting accident received the entire facial skin and muscles - including cheekbones, nose, lips and teeth - of a donor. The man is recovering well after the 22-hour operation, said a spokesperson from Vall d'Hebron University Hospital. Another 10 face transplants have been carried out around the world, but this is believed to be the most complex. Hospital spokesperson Bianca Bont told the BBC: "This is the first total face transplant. "There have been 10 operations of this kind in the world - this is the first to transplant all of the face and some bones of the face." The man was operated on in March, but details of the operation have only just been revealed. He had been left unable to breathe, swallow, or talk properly after an accident five years ago. He was considered for a full face transplant after nine previous operations failed. A team of 30 experts carried out the operation on 20 March at the hospital in Barcelona. The man has since seen himself in the mirror and was calm and satisfied, the leader of the medical team, Joan Pere Barret, told a news conference. 'Achievement' The first partial face transplant was carried out by doctors in Amiens, France, in 2005. Isabelle Dinoire, a 38-year-old woman who had been mauled by her dog, received a new nose, chin and lips. Since then partial face transplants have been carried out in China and the US. British experts say the Spanish operation may be the most complex yet. It appears to include more bone and much more of the lower part of the face. A spokesperson for the UK's Facial Transplantation Research Team, which has ethical permission to carry out a full face transplant, said it was "a tremendous achievement". "This appears to be the most complex facial transplant operation carried out so far worldwide," he said. "It once again shows how facial transplantation can help a small number of people who are the most severely facially injured and for whom reconstructive surgery cannot and has not worked."[/quote]

Awesome in a few years i can kill somebody and fully steal his identity

interesting [editline]08:25PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Satansick;21526306]Awesome in a few years i can kill somebody and fully steal his identity[/QUOTE] would still look like you with your bone structure and such.

this will help so many people. Like that one guy who got his face completely burned off but his wife still loves him :D

That's pretty cool. Out of curiosity, would the body reject a face as it rejects donor organs?

What like this? [img]http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/soundtracks/47-1.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Turd92;21526324]That's pretty cool. Out of curiosity, would the body reject a face as it rejects donor organs?[/QUOTE] that's an interesting thought. i suppose it's possible, though i don't know what the body registers as "reject-able." i guess it could be treated.

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[QUOTE=Turd92;21526324]That's pretty cool. Out of curiosity, would the body reject a face as it rejects donor organs?[/QUOTE] Would probably need some kind of medication at first, and the guy probably waited for a donor that had the same blood type and such stuff. Really really damn cool shit, at the same time pretty scary. I mean the donors family, what's their opinion on this :v:

Does this mean I can be hot now?

This is fucking badass

I remember this from a few months ago. She's still ugly as sin, but her face functions well now, so that's good.

[QUOTE=Turd92;21526324]That's pretty cool. Out of curiosity, would the body reject a face as it rejects donor organs?[/QUOTE] [quote]3. Donor's nerves, blood vessels and skin connected to patient. Patient will have to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of his life.[/quote]

Must be weird having the face of a dead man.

[QUOTE=bravehat;21526360]What like this? [img]http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/soundtracks/47-1.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Exactly what I was thinking.

This really is pretty incredible...

[QUOTE=StormHammer;21526919][/QUOTE] That's better than having a fucked up face

Where Justin Bieber lives? I would like to try this with harmless animal. Hmm... beaver...

What was all that about the first face transplant a couple of years ago then? Was that just partial?

Is it flawless? [editline]04:56PM[/editline] [QUOTE=smurfy;21527652]What was all that about the first face transplant a couple of years ago then? Was that just partial?[/QUOTE] Article says there were about 10 of them done so far, but this was the most complicated one.

Is this the guy who shot himself in the face with a shotgun? Apparently he held the barrel under his chin pointing upwards. I remember seeing a gif or a short video of him after the shot on efukt or some other shock site.

The lack of an actual photo leads me to believe it must not look as great as the pretty CGI makes it out to be.

that's kind of creepy. I mean, having a dead man's face as your face just seems odd. [editline]05:49PM[/editline] [quote]a 38-year-old woman who had been mauled by her dog[/quote] they should have transplanted the dog's face onto hers

[img]http://www.abandomoviez.net/db/error/z%20%2823%29.jpg[/img] "Hey doc, this is how I want to look from now on! :q:" [editline]10:00PM[/editline] [QUOTE=MiniManz;21531439]The lack of an actual photo leads me to believe it must not look as great as the pretty CGI makes it out to be.[/QUOTE] I agree... they probably didn't post it because it's NSFE (Not Safe For Eyes) :ohdear:

That's pretty amazing.

[QUOTE=MiniManz;21531439]The lack of an actual photo leads me to believe it must not look as great as the pretty CGI makes it out to be.[/QUOTE] It's not even close. Here's the first full face transplant: [img]http://chattahbox.com/images/2009/05/face.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=bravehat;21526360]What like this? [img]http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/soundtracks/47-1.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] this movie is on USA right now

[QUOTE=ASmellyOgre;21535407]It's not even close. Here's the first full face transplant: [img]http://chattahbox.com/images/2009/05/face.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] slap-dash job pfft, i could do better than that

[QUOTE=ASmellyOgre;21535407]It's not even close. Here's the first full face transplant: [img]http://chattahbox.com/images/2009/05/face.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Jesus Christ.

I'll take the CGI thanks.