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Getting More Face Time

Posted by michael on from the face-the-music dept.

ApharmdB writes "The BBC has a story about the possibility of performing face transplants within the year. Obviously, people are worried about the ethical ramifications, but would someone with your transplanted face actually look like you? Either way, everyone better be careful, or Nicolas Cage may try to steal their family."

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  1. Another link by TeknoHog · · Score: 5, Informative

    New Scientist article

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    Escher was the first MC and Giger invented the HR department.
  2. ok, seriously by kin_korn_karn · · Score: 4, Informative

    the article (you DID read it, didn't you) seems to indicate that it's being pursued due to the unique nature of facial tissue than about the actual structure.

    For example, burn victims can have skin grafts, but skin from other areas of the body doesn't have the same properties as the skin that naturally develops on the face. Facial skin in particular has a much higher concentration of nerve endings than that on your upper back.