This sounds like a huge winner as the process does 2 positive things. The collagen used comes from the patient’s area of the body where fat lurks, perhaps area where the patient would stand to like having some of this removed. Below is one sample video of many that are on the website and...
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This is sad and yet great story on how the facial transplant is helping. She may not be beautiful, but what a surgical feat. The only thing that is somewhat bothersome to me in the story is the fact that she would take her husband back, the one who shot her in the face. I can see forgiving...
I think by now everyone has read the horrible story and it appears now she could be a potential candidate for a transplant, or at minimum some type of complete facial restructure. Back in December the Cleveland Clinic did the first US Facial transplant. Face Transplant a First for the US The woman...
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This video shows procedures that are done in a short amount of time, in this case the cost was around $3000.00. One thing to think about too is that the fat cells contain stem cells, and more research is being done in this area as well. The link below shows a related story about the technology...
When the tissue turned pink, the surgeons knew they had succeeded. This was one very long procedure and was done in teams, starting at 5:00 am and all blood had to match of course. In the related reading there are a couple other post with pictures of previous transplants done outside the...
Amazing story on how they have rebuilt this man's face after being attacked by a bear. It's not anywhere near perfect, but when looking at the before and after pictures, it sure is a major improvement. Back in March the first entire facial transplant was successful. Who knows...