Face off
Permalink | November 30th, 2005
A woman in France receives the first ever face transplant.
The woman had lost her nose, lips and chin after being savaged by a dog.
In the controversial operation, tissues, muscles, arteries and veins were taken from a brain-dead donor and attached to the patient’s lower face.
Doctors stress the woman will not look like her donor, but nor will she look like she did before the attack - instead she will have a “hybrid” face.
[via The BBC]
