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The New Face Lift
RiotXIX writes to tell us that US surgeons plan on moving forward with their newest experimental medical practice, a face transplant. Doctors have already succeeded in making this practice a reality with cadavers donated for medical research and will soon begin interviewing a shortlist of patients to determine who, if anyone, will be first up for this procedure. From the article: 'The chance it will work is around 50% and experts have expressed safety and ethical concerns about the procedure. The recipient would have to take powerful anti-rejection drugs for life, which carry considerable long-term health risks, says the Royal College of Surgeons of England, which formed a working party to look at the issue earlier this year.'
Ye scurvy dogs!
The first Face Off comment didn't have the details of the movie like the parent post did.
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0119094/
Save your useless opinions for when you have mod points, I hope no one really goes by these useless comments. (Since it seems most moderaters use their points to mod people down i'm guessing no)