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![]() Amberific. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,913 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,772 ![]() |
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? |
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![]() What up, dawg? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 235 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 19,480 ![]() |
I saw it on Discovery Health Channel. They concluded that friends and family members of the face donor will not recognize their beloved's face on the patient. This is because of the differences in bone structure. The face may have similar qualities, but it will more likely be a combination of both the patient's original face and the cadaver's. This will, thus, create a new person.
Yes, the idea of using one person's face on someone else's is a bit unethical. However, so were heart transplants. People got over that pretty quickly. Also, scars WILL exist, but not on the donated tissue, only on the patient. Theoretically, the entire face will be attatched, therefore scars would be along the hairline, ears, and under the neck. And, when you really think about it, if you were living without a face for half your life, I don't think you'd care if you had scars. You'd be so ecstatic about being able to go out in public and not be stared for being different. I think they should go ahead with it. Rin-chan |
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