sucks for the person who used to own the face

Yeah, I can hear it now. "You look familiar".

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Isabelle Dinoire, Surgery, Facial, Transplant, France, Devauchelle, Dubernard' to 'Isabelle Dinoire, Surgery, Facial, Transplant, France, Devauchelle, Dubernard, france' - edited by kronosposeidon

Most recent update I could find on this incredible story.

>> ^schmawy:
Yeah, I can hear it now. "You look familiar".

When this surgery took place I remember them saying that the the new face wouldn't look exactly like the donor's, mainly because the recipient's facial bone structure would change the shape of the donor tissue.

Technically, this was difficult to do. Does anyone out there know how she's doing with it? Any rejection? I haven't heard much about it since.

There were concerns because she used her new lips to smoke, and that would adversely affect circulation leading to a possible failure. There's a big Wikipedia article on it if you search 'Face Transplant'.

The scene where they unclamp the large artery and the skin turns from flacid, dead looking discolored flesh into rosy, vital tissue is truly remarkable. I've done some plumbing, and the satisfaction I feel when I turn the water back on and don't have any drips is great, I can't imagine the satisfaction of the surgeons upon completing this procedure.

Full facial transplant approved at Cleveland clinic in Ohio back in 2004: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_transplant#Full_face_from_another

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"I've done some plumbing, and the satisfaction I feel when I turn the water back on and don't have any drips is great, I can't imagine the satisfaction of the surgeons upon completing this procedure."

Schamwy, I've done some plumbing too. I'm still waiting for that sense of satisfaction. Calling the plumber afterwards is not doing it for me.

>> ^schmawy:
The scene where they unclamp the large artery and the skin turns from flacid, dead looking discolored flesh into rosy, vital tissue is truly remarkable. I've done some plumbing, and the satisfaction I feel when I turn the water back on and don't have any drips is great, I can't imagine the satisfaction of the surgeons upon completing this procedure.


I'm sure after 15 hours of surgery the sentiment was: "She's lucky that worked cause I was not about to redo that"

Face Off movie?

Surgery is so fascinating to observe. I almost feel this deserves an *art tag.

Oh, and I'm fairly sure the donor wasn't using it anymore.

Invocations (art) cannot be called by Trancecoach because Trancecoach is not privileged - sorry.