Didn't see any mention of it on here, but found it rather interesting, if not a little gruesome, that something like this has finally been pulled off.....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4484728.stm
It's just a tad disconderting that I wouldn't look like myself or my donor:
Any thoughts of morality, disgust, anything around this? If you could find a willing donor, would you go through with it, or live life disfigured?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4484728.stm
It's just a tad disconderting that I wouldn't look like myself or my donor:
In the controversial operation, tissues, muscles, arteries and veins were taken from a brain-dead donor and attached to the patient's lower face.
Doctors stress the woman will not look like her donor, but nor will she look like she did before the attack - instead she will have a "hybrid" face.
Any thoughts of morality, disgust, anything around this? If you could find a willing donor, would you go through with it, or live life disfigured?