I'm not sure if this is right for debate so I'll post this here. If I'm wrong, I know a wonderful mod will put it in the right section

Doctors are going attempt a radical new surgery: a total face transplant. They're going to take the face of a dead person and put it on the face of someone (as of yet not selected) whose face was horribly disfigured in some accident. You can read the article here.

When I saw this I was like "Holy crap" and actually felt a little sick to my stomach. Is the desire to look nice worth risking your life? And then the whole thing about it being the face of a dead person... I think that's effed up.

What do you guys think?

I heard about that on the news this morning..

That's just a little disturbing. Maybe it's beneficial towards people who've went through something that damaged their face, but other than that, it's pretty freaky if you think about it.

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agreed. that sounds...interesting. quite. it seems a bit...odd to me i think. *shrug*

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that's actually sorta creepy.

Putting a dead persons face on your face is messing with the afterlife. They could be cursed or something.

At least, thats what i think :D

That... is really creepy. who would wan't a dead person's face?

if i was like a burn victim or something horrific happened to my face i'd probably do it. but i don't, it's a little disturbing though....

I know how you guys all feel about putting a deceased person's face on yourself and becoming that person's face...but actually, I saw a documentary on this a while ago in Hong Kong talking about these very issues. I think it was BBC doc, not sure, though.

It creeped me out, but not as much as the documentary about that guy from Germany or whatever who does those world-wide tours of preserved dead bodies from vacuumed plastic or whatever. He cuts the bodies into sheets with like, a band saw butchers use and...okay. It was just way more disturbing than this.

Anyway, of course the scientists have thought about these problems...how would people feel to have the face of someone else? So they did some tests on dead people.

They swapped the faces of two corpses and gave the original and swapped photos to other scientists to inspect. If you saw this person on the street, would you know that was him?

All of the scientists answered no. Because the human face is different, and just because the skin and flesh is the same, doesn't mean the bone is the same either.

You don't have to worry about people walking in the streets and seeing their grandfather who died 2 years ago on a face of a totally different person.

It was an interesting documentary, though, watch it.

hmm..thats pretty interesting. i would understand if someone wanted to do that. and in the article they mentioned that they wont look like the person that died but more like themselves before they became disfigured. if my face was all screwed up id do it.

Yeah. Its a little weird. Like imagine you are Britney spears' family, and she dies. Then some random person pays a bazillion dollars for her face. Then her new son (who would be older now) has finally gotten over the heartbreak of losing his mother and *poof* he sees her walking down the street. Imagine the horrible nightmares and hospital visits its owuld take to get over that type of crap.

Dude, imagine if you were a family member of that dead person.. Wow. That's horrible.

If I because horrible disfigured, I'd rather stay as that than having a dead person's face transplanted onto mine.

I don't think anyone would want their dead relatives/friends' faces on a living person either.

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People. You are not going to look like the dead person. The skin and tissue that is going to be used is from a corpse. Although it sounds weird, its much better than having it be synthetic, because it could look really weird or cause allergies. Also, you won't have freaking maggots crawling out of you or anything.

ONCE AGAIN, FREAKING HELL, YOU WON'T LOOK LIKE THE DECEASED PERSON.
Calm down.

I think its horrible how you people can take horribly disfigured people and be disgusted because they want to look good, or even humanlike.

You people have to read the article before posting. This is happening too much here.

Well, then that's a relief. It's a bit creepy but I guess I understand why it could be useful. I just hope that people don't abuse it.

That's gross. o_O
Would people really want a deceased person's facial features on their face?
I wouldn't.

i agree. even though someone's face was disfigured, why would they want a face of a dead person?

Yeah, but there's also the possibility that your body might reject the new tissue placed on your "face." IMO, it'd be better to graft skin or clone skin cells to be used on your face. Far less chance of rejection.

i agree...even if you don't completely look like that person anymore, there will probably be some characteristics left, like birthmarks or moles.



that's possible, like homer's hair transplant on the simpsons


not everyone's skin tone matches so that would be a major problem...i saw this man who got a deceased person's hand/part of arm attatched to him...that was really disturbing because it was really obvious that it was not originally his arm

umm..i'm gunna go BARF now. wow, it's sad how pathetic some people are that they'll go to that extreme to live up to other people's standards.

psshhht. damn society.

who the hell would want a dead, maybe even old person's face? that doens't even make sense. are they going to like sew it on? Ew.. i dont want to even think about HOW they would put it on you.

Yeah, that's why you have to take anti-rejection medication for the rest of your life. Which has side-effects like some liver disease or cancer (something like that).

I think that if you graft skin or clone skin cells on someone with really disfigured features...it wouldn't do them much good. I mean, their face is already so badly burned. I dunno. They probably have looked for other ways to improve someone's facial features...but they decided this was best?


Anyway, I am NOT liking how some people are very closed-minded and ignorant in this discussion (NOT directed at Carrie, I love her very much and that was a respectful opinion with good backup).

Listen. People are not doing this to "live up" to society's standards. The truth is, these people have simply STOPPED becoming part of the society due to this disfigurement! That's why you guys should've seen the documentary, really. They interviewed the woman from Russia or somewhere who got her face badly, and I mean badly, burned. She was so beautiful before, but now she looks like a monster.

How would you feel? Most people would be ready to kill themselves right then and there. But not this lady. She was strong, and it was miraculous enough that she lived through it. Sure, she's independent. But she's not social. She can't go outside without people staring and pointing, and without children getting scared. She can't communicate with the outside world and has simply lost that communication with the society altogether. She is no longer a part of it.

If being burned wasn't punishment enough, now she's being banished by people because of this burn. Now how do you feel? Would you rather stick a dead person's face on yourself and regain that little bit of dignity and respect that you deserve? Or be looked at like a zoo animal for the rest of your life while still recovering from the physical and mental pain of the accident?

And about how the procedure works and "why" you would want a dead person's face on you, I am not even thinking of answering that for you.





And you know, this procedure isn't going to be used by average looking people to look not so average. This procedure is highly risky and dangerous, and is only prescribed for those who need it to seriously improve their quality of life. It is for those badly burned, cut, scraped, you name it, in rare accidents that make them disfigured and terrifying to look at. NOT the geeky girl in your math class who longs for attention.

thats so wrong. Dead people deserve respect with their face. if people dont like their face, they can get over it. No need to take a face of someone dead.

They're not "taking" it--the face has been donated, just like an organ.

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Anything and everything I had to say about the topic and to the responses has been covered by this lovely woman. Read what she says before you idiots post any thing.

Ummm...I'd rather be ugly then look like a dead person. That's just weird...I mean, really? I could walk in and be like, "My grandma just died...Could I like, have her face?" uhhh...no thanks.

I'll keep my face. That's not a good idea. I mean, let's say someone close to you died, and a few months later you see this person walking down the street that looks JUST like them, but it's not them, it's another person wearing their face! That's just nasty. ehhh

i wouldn't want to do that.. and i don't think i'd want to donate either. i think it's disgusting >_<

Oh wow that is SO creepy. Ripping off your face and putting on a dead guys face. -.-