First total face transplant performed

• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-04-24 01:30
  First total face transplant performed in Spain - More health news- msnbc.com
  
  This isn't a very heavily researched or studied area, so it probably won't advance as fast as people would like.
  
  But give this field maybe 50 years or so, face transplants will probably be the next plastic surgery. Everyone will want prettier faces.
• Lonesky wrote on 2010-04-24 01:35
  Sounds really weird...
• Bakuryu wrote on 2010-04-24 01:37
  Saw this on the news today o3o, they showed some pics, it was ewie =[
  But interesting.
• Chiri wrote on 2010-04-24 03:52
  I hope the woman who got attacked by a chimp can get a transplant like this. I saw her face on Oprah and ... Yeah, it was just very depressing.
• Chockeh wrote on 2010-04-24 03:53
  Oh, I taught this said First total faceplant...
• Athde wrote on 2010-04-24 03:56
  ^
  LOL
  And as for the ranplant... That sounds painful O.O
  Also how much die this woman (get?) pay(d) to have this done?
• NewbieNub wrote on 2010-04-24 03:58
  Whatever it is, it's disgusting to lose your face and get another person's face to be on it.
  
  Hell, even if it's someone's face that you want, it's still disgusting.
• Chockeh wrote on 2010-04-24 04:00

  Quote from NewbieNub;17021:

  Whatever it is, it's disgusting to lose your face and get another person's face to be on it.
  
  Hell, even if it's someone's face that you want, it's still disgusting.

  
  Yeah disgusting...Reminds me of the manga in Bakuman, KTM or something? The one where you can trade brain's and looks~~.
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-04-24 04:08
  This is for those who are heavily scarred beyond recognition
  like victims of the Hiroshima bombing
• Chockeh wrote on 2010-04-24 04:08

  Quote from BobYoMeowMeow;17036:

  This is for those who are heavily scarred beyond recognition
  like victims of the Hiroshima bombing

  
  But anyone can use this right?
• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-04-24 05:52

  Quote from Chocklitshop;17038:

  But anyone can use this right?

  
  
  There are two big problems.
  
  1. The operation itself. You've got to remove whats left on that face to attach the new face, so you're damaging the face even more. Also, attaching the new face isn't exactly piecing together legos. There are lots of very small details to do. Since there is very little experience for most surgeons in face transplants this operation isn't very safe.
  
  2. Rejection. The body usually tends to know isn't yours, even if the blood type is exactly the same. If your body rejects the new skin, it will literally just die off and become infected. Strong cases of rejection will pretty much screw you over. Minor cases can usually be kept under check with medication, which you have to literally take every day. Downside to this medication is that it weakens your immune system greatly.
  
  So yeah, we're long ways off from doing it to anyone who doesn't desperately need a face.
• Piko wrote on 2010-04-24 06:02
  Pi pikachu.
  
  (One day there will be some crazy Otaku who will have his whole face changed to look like, iunno, that Usui guy from Kaichou wa Maid-sama.)
• Chockeh wrote on 2010-04-24 06:02

  Quote from kitaek27;17217:

  There are two big problems.
  
  1. The operation itself. You've got to remove whats left on that face to attach the new face, so you're damaging the face even more. Also, attaching the new face isn't exactly piecing together legos. There are lots of very small details to do. Since there is very little experience for most surgeons in face transplants this operation isn't very safe.
  
  2. Rejection. The body usually tends to know isn't yours, even if the blood type is exactly the same. If your body rejects the new skin, it will literally just die off and become infected. Strong cases of rejection will pretty much screw you over. Minor cases can usually be kept under check with medication, which you have to literally take every day. Downside to this medication is that it weakens your immune system greatly.
  
  So yeah, we're long ways off from doing it to anyone who doesn't desperately need a face.

  
  What do you mean by removing what's left? Like removing the eyes, nose,mouth off? Can't imagine living for a few hours without them...
• Syrphid wrote on 2010-04-24 06:05

  Quote from Chocklitshop;17231:

  What do you mean by removing what's left? Like removing the eyes, nose,mouth off? Can't imagine living for a few hours without them...

  
  
  I'd hope patients would be totally out.
  
  

  Quote from NewbieNub;17021:

  Whatever it is, it's disgusting to lose your face and get another person's face to be on it.
  
  Hell, even if it's someone's face that you want, it's still disgusting.

  
  
  I think it's beautiful. I'm glad to see science and medicine progressing.
• Chockeh wrote on 2010-04-24 06:07

  Quote from Syrphid;17234:

  I'd hope patients would be totally out.
  

  
  
  Even when you're unconscious, you should still be breathing...