Friday, December 2, 2016

After the transplant, the man's face became a model

Passed through complicated Face transplant procedure a man appeared on the cover of GQ, though before 15 years she spent hiding behind a mask. His appearance in the magazine - a symbol the incredible development of plastic and reconstructive surgery.


 After the transplant, the man's face became a model  face transplant


In 1997, due to careless handling of weapons American Richard Lee Norris got a terrible wound face. Doctors performed a feat that saved this young man, but very soon he regretted that he was alive. As many as 15 years, Richard concealed his face behind a mask every time out of the house so as not to scare passers-by.


 After the transplant, the man's face became a model  face transplant


His life is turned upside down in 2012, when doctors at the University of Maryland have decided to spend it face transplant . The operation took 36 hours, was attended by 150 doctors and nurses. Richard received a face from a donor whose organs on the same day saved five other lives. Since then, Norris became a celebrity for medical journals, which Mick Jagger is for music publications.


 After the transplant, the man's face became a model  face transplant


And now one of the first patients ever passing through transplant person He appeared on the cover of a glossy men's magazine GQ. A person who many years hiding her face behind the mask, now proudly smiling at the camera, showing off an incredible, fantastic progress of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. If you compare what it was before the surgery, and it looks like Norris now, they come to mind a parallel with some Hollywood films.


 After the transplant, the man's face became a model  face transplant


Progress of the more impressive, given that Norris was at risk of death, when he agreed to the operation. The doctors told him that the risk of death in such a complex process is 50% but the man did not begin to think, because he only saw the other 50% - those that They promised him a new life. (READ MORE)



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