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First Face Transplant

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the doctors-facing-off dept.

mriya3 writes to tell us the BBC is reporting that surgeons in France have performed the first ever face transplant. The medical team, led by Jean-Michel Dubernard, transplanted live tissue to a 36-year old woman whose face had been destroyed by a dog. From the article: "It has been technically possible to carry out such a transplant for some years, with teams in the US, the UK and France researching the procedure. [...] But the ethical concerns of a face transplant, and the psychological impact to the patient of looking different has held teams back."

10 of 446 comments (clear)

  1. nigger transplant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    soon the time will come when they can transplant niggers to africa where they belong

  2. All your face are belong to us! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    guess I need to put some content in here, somewhere.

  3. No, no, no... by Mille+Mots · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    This seems to me like a story desperately in search of sensationalism.

    On /., you get sensationalism desperately in search of a story. Man, talk about putting your causation before your correlation!

    Or, something...

    -- No .sig is a good .sig

  4. Re:Best of both worlds by plover · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Curse you! I almost blew my mountain dew out of my nose when I read that!

    --
    John
  5. DIGG had this before Slashdot - AGAIN! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Once AGAIN, Slashdot steals a story from Digg and doesn't give them credit.

    I propose a new motto for this place:

    "If Digg has it, we'll surely HAVE it!"

    or

    "Yesterday's news NOW - only on Slashdot!"

    Good going guys. Digg kicks your collective asses!

    PS - all -1 modifiers and idiotic attacks will be taken as compliments, so please, bring 'em on!

    Danka!

    Brooklyn - The NON anonymous coward!!

  6. Re:Face Jacking? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Your "good looking people" comment, combined with the fact that you post on Slashdot just blew up my irony meter.

  7. Brooklyn - The NON anonymous coward!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...who posts anonymously!!

    digg is just too boring

  8. Re:Ethical concerns? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm Japanese and this shit's funny. Mod up.

  9. Re:Ethical concerns? by dasunt · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Technically, face transplants are not medically necessary. The surgery would definitely make the person feel better, but it is not life-saving such as heart, liver, lung, or kidney transplants. The side effects of immunosuppresants are still quite severe and perhaps life-threatening, since the immune system is getting shut down for the life of the patient. The question is whether a doctor can allow someone to take these risks for a non-life-saving procedure

    That is a good point, but I think that you are ignoring the social disadvantage of facial disfiguration.

    Social disadvantages can result in poor job opportunities. It can also result in depression. Both low-paying jobs and social isolation influence physical health.

    OTOH, I'm not sure why they didn't reconstruct her face with her own skin, but I didn't RTFA.

  10. Re:Thus come all of the stupid "Face/Off" replies. by funkyfreshcoderdude · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Personally I was waiting for the "All your face belong to us" posts.