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'Amazing' normalcy for those with face transplants

They savor pizza and burgers, no longer frighten children, and many of them can walk the streets without people knowing they have someone else's cheeks, nose, lips and skin. People who have had face transplants increasingly are going public, helping to transform an operation that six years ago was daredevil theory into one that is widely accepted....

 

Full face transplant patient makes 1st appearance

Full face transplant patient makes 1st appearance

The nation's first full face transplant recipient said the first thing his young daughter told him when she saw him after the operation was "Daddy, you're so handsome."...

 

Full face transplant patient reveals results

Full face transplant patient reveals results

A Spanish man who underwent the world's first full face transplant appeared before TV cameras Monday for the first time since his surgery, thanking his doctors and the family of the donor.

Senh: The face transplant still looks kinda abnormal, but it's probably wait better than not having a face. I haven't seen one that looks normal yet. Still, it's progress. Good luck to the guy.

 

Doctors perform face transplant with eyelids

A French surgeon said Thursday he has conducted a full-face transplant including eyelids and tear ducts, in a rare operation on a 35-year-old man with a genetic disorder.

 

Burn victim hopes to get a face transplant

Burn victim hopes to get a face transplant

The operation is rare and risky, but Dallas Wiens says it's a chance he's willing to take. 'I figure what I've already lived through is far worse,' he says. Dallas Wiens remembers standing in a cherry picker repairing a church window when his cellphone rang.

 

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