[ldelgadillo]

best face transplant ive seen. much better than the lady whose face looks square....how freaky it must be to look in the mirror and see someone elses face looking back at you

[gatagato]

Originally Posted by ldelgadillo ↗

best face transplant ive seen. much better than the lady whose face looks square....how freaky it must be to look in the mirror and see someone elses face looking back at you

That's always a big question mark, the first recipient of a human hand transplant at some point voluntarily stopped taking his immunosuppressive drugs because he wasn't comfortable with the idea of his transplanted hand.
The transplanted hand was later removed (at his request) by one of the surgeons who worked on the transplantation. They need a team to select and prepare the potential transplant recipients, (in all the previous cases doctors had months or years to prepare) in this case three weeks are a surprisingly short lapse of time but the doctors had to act much fast as they were saving his life, with the transplant; I'm confident that they know what they're doing.
There's an update from today, its good news

Face Transplant Recipient Making Sounds, Swallowing

A Polish man who received a life-saving face transplant just three weeks after a work accident is already making sounds and practicing swallowing, his doctors said.

The 33-year-old man, identified only as Grzegorz, underwent a 27-hour operation May 15 to reconstruct his jaw, nose, cheeks and eye sockets, which were then swathed with skin from a deceased donor -- a procedure previously reserved for patients who are years out from their disfiguring injuries.

"Usually, the recipients have to wait between one and seven years," said Dr. Adam Maciejewski, who headed the team of surgeons at the Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology in Gliwice, explaining that Grzegorz's injury was particularly extreme. "For obvious reasons, we had to act much faster, as we were saving this man's life."

Grzegorz is making "very good progress" and even got out of bed over the weekend, Maciejewski told The Associated Press. Although he's able to make some sounds, he communicates through writing because the tracheotomy tube that helps him breathe does not allow him to speak.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/face-tr...ry?id=19265941

[Emperor Wang]

Imagine if the new face was once owned by a child molester or some other such crime, totally fucked.

Very impressive sugery there though

[Morc]

The face would look different on the new person because of different bone structures I think.....

[Angelahh]

i keep thinking of rigatoni

[twayblade]

awesome!

[Sharon]

Just saw this in a magazine - glad it's been posted

[Sharon]

Contribution to the thread by Sharon.:

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GrzegorzBEFORE.jpg

[HeadlessHorseman]

A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation. It was Poland's first face transplant.

He was injured in an accident at a stone mason's workshop when a machine used to cut stone tore off most of his face and crushed his upper jaw.

[HeadlessHorseman]

Forgot one picture, sorry. If someone can fix it please go for it.