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Surgeon Says Face Transplants a Reality

Posted by michael on from the slice-and-dice dept.

Aspherical Cow writes "A New York Times Magazine article about how a London surgeon is planning on performing an experimental full-face transplant. The face would be harvested like any other donor organ and used on a disfigured person. Lots of issues of identity come up with something like this, but they say that this won't turn Nicholas Cage into John Travolta."

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  1. GREAT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    This really is good news! I want one!

    This face has a few holes in :(

  2. Whole new meaning ... by B3ryllium · · Score: 4, Funny

    Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "Your face, your ass - what's the difference?"

    1. Re:Whole new meaning ... by Compact+Dick · · Score: 2, Funny


      You must mean "my face, your ass."

      Oh, wait...!

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  3. WTF? by Pettifogger · · Score: 5, Funny

    I always thought Michael Jackson pioneered this technique years ago.

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    1. Re:WTF? by jericho4.0 · · Score: 4, Funny

      He's only managed the face removal part.

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    2. Re:WTF? by Guppy06 · · Score: 2, Funny

      But who did he swap faces with? Liz Taylor?

  4. So how long... by shepd · · Score: 2, Funny

    Until the New U becomes possible?

    Do have to commit carousel for reminding everyone of that movie?

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  5. Volunteer by Timesprout · · Score: 5, Funny
    We need a GNU/Linux volunteer for a dangerous mission behind Redmond lines. Should you decide to accept this mission you will

    Quietly assinate Bill Gates

    Pop over to the nearest face transplanting clinic

    Shock the world when Bill Gates announces MS are giving up software development and releasing the source to the public

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    1. Re: Volunteer by Black+Parrot · · Score: 2, Funny


      > Shock the world when Bill Gates announces MS are giving up software development and releasing the source to the public

      Bah, shock the world when Bill Gates sees how much he can spend on a weekend in Vegas!

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  6. This will finally help people with TPS by accident · · Score: 2, Funny

    Its a condition called "torsonic polarity symdrome." It's a birth defect that I think we all know atleast one person who has it.

    You can read more about TPS here.

  7. at least, most geeks have nothing to worry about by collapser · · Score: 4, Funny

    organ thieves wouldn't even bother

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  8. What about penis transplants? by Compact+Dick · · Score: 2, Funny


    I'm serious. Is John Holmes' still available?

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  9. Re:This is great. by Pros_n_Cons · · Score: 1, Funny

    My god that is truely disturbing, That image is going to be with me a very long time.

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  10. Oh No! Now wolf will look like Grandma! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny


    Now all of the
    <A HREF="http://www-dept.usm.edu/~engdept/lrrh/invent t.htm">
    versions of the tale</A> will end up bad ...

  11. Re:Reflections in the mirror by nounderscores · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wish I could get my facial recognition software to display names on to my head up display. Then I'd actually know how to spell them.

    You T-800 infiltrators have all the cool tech. I bet you have that real human skin'n'hair upgrade too, while I have to walk around in rubber.

    Bloody Skynet's favourites.

  12. Thank You, Drive Thru by E-Rock-23 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is this just a little bit creepy to anyone else? I mean, come on. A whole new face? That's just fucked up.

    I suppose it would have it's uses though. Michael Jackson can finally stop having his nose done, ugly girls around the world will finally have hope of getting a date to the prom, President Bush can get himself a face that doesn't look like that of a simpleton, and good ol' Osama can use this as the ultimate way to hide from us.

    Wait. Check that last statement. Honestly, how hard is it to find a 6' Arab attatched to a kidney dialysis (?sp) machine?

    I can see it now. "Yes doctor, I was thinking of the Clarke Gable look, but then I broke down and decided that I'd like to have the face of Harvey Korman. Can I get his voice, too? I've always wanted to pull off a good Great Gazoo inpression at parties..."

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  13. Temporary face transplantation 7,000 years old by Ilan+Volow · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's called beer. Drink enough of it, the ugliest face will be transplanted with that of a supermodel.

    Warning: may induce vomiting and only lasts 3 hours.

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