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Face Transplants are Real
The first thing you think of when you hear face transplant, is Face Off. But for a few people who have been disfigured by tumors and bear attacks, it’s reality. One chinese man who was disfigured by a bear attack in 2004 received a face transplant and within a year was working full time. He says he feels fully integrated back into society. After one year, the patient was able to feel his face and move it.
“Facial transplantation could be successful in the short term, but the procedure is not without complications… This case suggests facial transplantation might be an option for restoring a severely disfigured face and could enable patients to readily integrate themselves back into society,” said Shuzhong Guo, of the Institute of Plastic Surgery, Xijing Hospital and Fourth Military Medical University in Xi’an, Forbes reported.