Full face transplant

Full face transplant

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A team of 30 Spanish doctors say they have successfully performed the world's first full face transplant.

A man injured in a shooting accident received the entire facial skin and muscles - including cheekbones, nose, lips and teeth - of a donor.

The man is recovering well after the 22-hour operation, said a spokesperson from Vall d'Hebron University Hospital.

Another 10 face transplants have been carried out around the world, but this is believed to be the most complex.

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This kind of thing has a certain degree of taboo attached to it, I think that its unbelievable that modern medical science has achieved this. Whether the person that needs a face transplant was born with a deformity or whether they were in an accident that left them disfigured. This Type of Medical advancement could change thier lives and give them some sort of normality.

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