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Atma
Title: Dragoon
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http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/05/09/face.transplant.boston/index.html?hpt=C2
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Dallas Wiens experience represents a new frontier for reconstructive surgery.
His injury happened in November 2008 when Wiens, now 26, was painting his church as a volunteer: His head got too close to a high-voltage power line, and he lost almost his entire face from the burns.
In a 15-hour procedure in mid-March, doctors gave Wiens a donor forehead, nasal structure, nose, lips and facial skin. They also transplanted underlying muscles and nerves that will allow Wiens to have sensation and movement in his face.
"When I woke up, and I was able to feel I had features again -- eyes and a nose and a mouth -- I even said out loud that this could not be medically possible," Wiens said Monday. "But here I am today."
Wiens said his face "feels natural, as if it has become my own." |
This is seriously amazing.
I'm going to put the before and after photo in a SPOILER it's not horrible in a graphic sense (not nearly as bad as the Monkey attack photo that got passed around forever IMO) but some people really don't like burn victim pictures.
[SPOILER:57aeb1524e]  [/SPOILER:57aeb1524e]
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Sehkmaenzo
Joined: Jun 29 2010
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Wow his face was just, like, erased!
It's so weird... Good to know the operation was a success 
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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That is crazy.... I am so happy that medicine has moved forwards as much as it has, but oh my...
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Doddsino
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Thunderhorse
Title: This is DELICIOUS!
Joined: Dec 29 2009
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My first thought at seeing his face was the stone mask from Majora's Mask.
This is amazing that we have progressed so far in medical sciences. Maybe soon we'll be able to replace his eyesight too.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
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wow. crazy his face was just a blank slate. i wouldve asked for brad pitts nose
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
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Holy hell! Too bad they can't give him some eyes too.
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JoshWoodzy
Joined: May 22 2008
Location: Goshen, VA
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I would have said "Just make me look like Lowell Mathers from the acclaimed television series Wings".
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
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I wonder if they lied to him about how it looks.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
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he should've asked for the Rocky Dennis look
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Alowishus
Joined: Aug 04 2009
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| Blackout wrote: |
| Holy hell! Too bad they can't give him some eyes too. |
If you look really closely at the glasses it looks he has eyes which is strange - at least i can see a pupil and iris. Look at the right hand lens of the glasses.
EDIT: or maybe it's a glass eye.
It looks really well considering the before and after. If i saw the after walking down the street i would think nothing of it - though since he's blind i guess he would have a cane.
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@om*d
Title: Dorakyura
Joined: Jul 10 2010
Location: Castlevania
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They should have put the face of a mountain lion or a monkey on the guy, that would have been fucking sweet. Also, if I ever need a face transplant, that's what I may do.
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Ice2SeeYou
Title: Sexual Tyrannosaurus
Joined: Sep 28 2008
Location: South of Heaven
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If he had a metal plate screwed into the side, he'd look like Kano from MK.
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Thunderhorse
Title: This is DELICIOUS!
Joined: Dec 29 2009
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"When I woke up, and I was able to feel I had features again -- eyes and a nose and a mouth -- I even said out loud that this could not be medically possible," Wiens said Monday. "But here I am today."
Wiens said his face "feels natural, as if it has become my own." |
I'm sure they don't work though. We don't have working eye implants yet, right?
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Slayer1
Title: ,,!,, for you know who
Joined: Sep 23 2008
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Is it just me or did they try to make this guy look like a bad-ass biker?
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Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
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Etch
Title: Intermittent Scribbler
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| Thunderhorse wrote: |
| I'm sure they don't work though. We don't have working eye implants yet, right? |
Six blind patients have had their sight partially restored by a "bionic eye":
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/feb/16/news.medicineandhealth
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| "It is going from a good guess to knowing what I see. I can't recognise faces but I can see them like a dark shadow. I can cross a busy street - I can see white lines on the crosswalk." |
That is from four years ago, it's probably even better these days.
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Black Zarak
Title: Big Coffin Hunter
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Aghhh, that's so creepy...
Both, but more the before pic...
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Andrew Man
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| Etch wrote: |
| Thunderhorse wrote: |
| I'm sure they don't work though. We don't have working eye implants yet, right? |
Six blind patients have had their sight partially restored by a "bionic eye":
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/feb/16/news.medicineandhealth
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| "It is going from a good guess to knowing what I see. I can't recognise faces but I can see them like a dark shadow. I can cross a busy street - I can see white lines on the crosswalk." |
That is from four years ago, it's probably even better these days. |
What is trippy about that bionic eye is that they forsee that it will one day improve upon human sight. That is some straight up cyborg shit.
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Atma
Title: Dragoon
Joined: Apr 29 2010
Location: Cincinnati, OH
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Reminds me of Deus Ex buying implants to enhance stats.
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