As some of you may know, France did the first successful partial face transplant last year. Now, an English surgeon has received the go-ahead from the NHS. The ever thorough BBC has everything you need to know and more about face transplants here, including a link that shows what the journalist would look like with the surgeon's face, if you're really interested.
I was thinking that donating my face would be very, well, icky. Believe me, I'd donate any part of me after death(except my eggs, but that's another matter). But when I read the article and thought about having to go through life with terrible facial burns, or no nose or lips, I changed my mind. Let me know what you think.
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2 comments:
I'm no beauty queen, but if someone wants my face when I'm done with it, they can have it, wrinkles and all.
Yes I would absolutely donate my face. I think severe facial disfigurement is probably one of the hardest disabilities to live with.
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