• Man gets new face in most extensive face transplant ever.
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[url]http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-28/us-man-given-face-transplant/3917426[/url] [table="width: 500, align: center"] [tr] [td][IMG]http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/3917782-3x2-700x467.jpg[/IMG][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][quote][B]An American man has been given a new face, teeth, tongue and jaw in what his surgeons say is the most extensive facial transplant ever performed.[/B] Richard Lee Norris, 37, has spent the past 15 years living as a recluse, wearing a mask to hide the severe injuries he received from a near-fatal gun accident. Since then, he has had multiple life-saving and reconstructive surgeries but none could repair him to the extent where he felt he could return to society. He wore a prosthetic nose and a mask even when entering hospital for the transplant. The surgery is the culmination of 10 years of research funded by the Department of Defence's Office of Naval Research and will serve as a model for helping war veterans injured by improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan. Surgeons now hope they can soon begin operating on military patients wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mr Norris's operation, performed at the University of Maryland's Medical Centre, took 36 hours to complete. His new face came from an anonymous donor whose organs saved five other patients' lives on the same day, and six days after the surgery, he can already move his tongue and open and close his eyes. Doctors say he is recovering much faster than expected. "He's actually looking in the mirror shaving and brushing his teeth, which we never even expected," said Dr Eduardo Rodriguez, the head of the hospital's transplant team. "He put the mirror down and thanked me and hugged me," Dr Rodriguez said. When Mr Norris opened his eyes on the third day after the surgery with his family around him, he wanted to see a mirror. "We concealed all the lines so it would give him the most immediate best appearance with minimal touch-ups down the road," Dr Rodriguez said later in an interview. To ensure Mr Norris would retain maximum function of his facial expressions and movements, doctors gave him a new tongue - for proper speech, eating, and chewing - normally aligned teeth, and connected his nerves to allow for smiling. The surgery marks the first time a full face transplant recipient in the United States has retained their eyesight. The dean of the university's school of medicine, Dr. E. Albert Reece, is hailing the operation "an amazing feat". "It's also an unprecedented and historic procedure that we believe will change, if you will, the face of medicine now and in the future," Dr Reece said. About 100 doctors, scientists and other university medical staff ranging - from plastic surgeons to craniofacial specialists - teamed up for the operation. Before the surgery, Mr Norris, who is unmarried and lives with his parents in a rural area, had been unable to find a job because of his appearance, a hospital spokeswoman said. The first such operation was performed in France in 2005 on a woman who was mauled by her dog. The University of Maryland's transplant research has been funded by the US Navy. The operation follows successful face transplants in Fort Worth, Texas and Boston, Massachusetts last year.[/quote][/td] [/tr] [/table] Good for him. The operation actually looks good compared to other face transplants.
I actually have to say that it's quite impressive. Even though it might be somewhat strange to wear the face of someone else. But that doesn't makes it bad, if you ask me.
But can it grow a mustache?
[QUOTE=lapsus_;35327647]But can it grow a mustache?[/QUOTE] If the third picture is after the surgery, then it looks like he can grow a full-out beard. Looks like the donor was a young guy though.
He turned slightly asian, whoa.
[QUOTE=Van-man;35327701]If the third picture is after the surgery, then it looks like he can grow a full-out beard. Looks like the donor was a young guy though.[/QUOTE] I looked at the article. First picture is him on his prom day, second picture is before the surgery, third picture is after surgery.
It has to be the weirdest thing, if someone you loved has died and you see his face on someone else.
who killed steven seagal?
I'm interested in what kind of gun accident managed to mess up his face that badly. He looks like he got hit with a tank shell.
I'm sure I'd freak out for at least a couple of months every time I'd look in the mirror. It has to be super weird to see yourself with an unfamiliar face.
It warms my heart to see this man having his life improve so much, I would probably kill myself in 15 years if I looked like that, such a strong man.
[QUOTE=Red scout?;35327809]It warms my heart to see this man having his life improve so much, I would probably kill myself in 15 years if I looked like that, such a strong man.[/QUOTE] No one would see your ugly face in your basement anyway, so how does it matter? [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Trolling." - Seiteki))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=KILLTHIS;35327460]I actually have to say that it's quite impressive. Even though it might be somewhat strange to wear the face of someone else. But that doesn't makes it bad, if you ask me.[/QUOTE] They always look fucking awful at first, they swelling a little and the scars are obvious. They look normal after a few years. [img]http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/11/29/isabelledinoire_wideweb__470x308,0.jpg[/img] But, of course face transplants have gotten better. Seven years has passed since the first and surgeons are becoming more used to the idea.
[QUOTE]His new face came from an anonymous donor whose organs saved five other patients' lives on the same day, and six days after the surgery, he can already move his tongue and open and close his eyes. Doctors say he is recovering much faster than expected.[/QUOTE] woah I didn't know tissue donations of that size were possible, that's really cool.
This looks surprisingly very good, in a few years when its healed up he will look very normal I think. Don't think they connected every nerve so he will still look like he had a stroke when he talks. Still I can't imagine having someone else's face...
[QUOTE=Jackald;35327948]Yeah, so let's put a picture here for everyone to see.[/QUOTE] He doesn't have that face anymore, so he probably has no shame in revealing what it looked like. Just makes his surgery that more miraculous.
[QUOTE=Merijn;35327796]I'm sure I'd freak out for at least a couple of months every time I'd look in the mirror. It has to be super weird to see yourself with an unfamiliar face.[/QUOTE] Kind of like the disfigured face he had to deal with after his accident... This would be a welcome relief.
[QUOTE=The Vman;35327787]I'm interested in what kind of gun accident managed to mess up his face that badly. He looks like he got hit with a tank shell.[/QUOTE] I'm no expert, so feel free to correct this, but as the scars seem most prevalent on the top of his head, I would imagine he took a ton of rounds there which bounced off the top of his skull. It also looks like his face collapses inwards near his nose, so it would seem he also took a bullet there and somehow survived for the skin to be mended. Really, it looks more like he's had some sort of chemical burn than he's been shot, but as I say I'm not an expert.
[QUOTE=lapsus_;35327647]But can it grow a mustache?[/QUOTE] Can you not read? [quote]"He's actually looking in the mirror shaving and brushing his teeth, which we never even expected," said Dr Eduardo Rodriguez, the head of the hospital's transplant team.[/quote] And even having not read it's obvious that he could, there's no reason the follicles would cease to function if the rest of the face is functioning. [editline]28th March 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Cone;35328350]I'm no expert, so feel free to correct this, but as the scars seem most prevalent on the top of his head, I would imagine he took a ton of rounds there which bounced off the top of his skull. It also looks like his face collapses inwards near his nose, so it would seem he also took a bullet there and somehow survived for the skin to be mended. Also it was an accident, not an assault which makes it highly unlikely it was more than one round. Really, it looks more like he's had some sort of chemical burn than he's been shot, but as I say I'm not an expert.[/QUOTE] He wouldn't have been hit by a bunch of rounds, it's more likely a medium sized round which went though the side of his zygomaticum. A large round could have popped his head like a melon (at the very least damaging more than just the cheek/nose), a lot of small rounds would still penetrate the skull but still cause severe damage, but would probably have killed him.
Here's some more pictures [img]http://global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/Health/660_Face%20Transplant.JPG[/img] CT Scans of his skull before surgery, after the damaged areas were removed, and after the transplant was complete [img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/03/28/article-2121185-125C899A000005DC-667_310x440.jpg[/img][img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/03/28/article-2121185-125C8A71000005DC-94_310x440.jpg[/img][img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/03/28/article-2121185-125C8B51000005DC-386_310x440.jpg[/img]
I want to take his face ..... off
I like science.
He honestly looks really really good compared to before.
Would be a bitch if the body rejected his new face.
[QUOTE=The Vman;35327787]I'm interested in what kind of gun accident managed to mess up his face that badly. He looks like he got hit with a tank shell.[/QUOTE] Very likely took a shotgun blast to the face. Few people have lived through them and they really do fuck up your face. I still can't get film Face Off out of my head though whenever I read face transplant.
I really can't be the only one [img]http://26.media.tumblr.com/yZChWGr3kj7jtgzgGm9TKrGNo1_500.jpg[/img] He looks exactly like him my God.
He looks soooo high... As if he literally is inside a lit up joint... Ontopic: hope he recovers and gets to look as normal as possible. Pretty impressive.
[QUOTE=Merijn;35327796]I'm sure I'd freak out for at least a couple of months every time I'd look in the mirror. It has to be super weird to see yourself with an unfamiliar face.[/QUOTE] Not really... seeing as the face he had before this one for 15 years was hardly something you'd want to look at.
[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;35328574]Can you not read? And even having not read it's obvious that he could, there's no reason the follicles would cease to function if the rest of the face is functioning. [/QUOTE] It was a joke, chill.
Nice to see doctors tackle these problems head on.
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