Face-transplant?

Question

Just got the new alert, that face-transplants are permissioned in UK, Whats your opinion??

How long will it take,till it becomes a part of cosmetic surgery, and we look all the same?

Answer 1

My opinion is based on personl experince: I was involved in a car accident nearly 7 years ago and it`s left me with quite some scarring and having to wake up look in the mirror and use ointments of all sorts to try and level the scars each and every night and day which is something that makes me shade tears each and every single day knowing that even though the SCARS level phyisically and emotionally I STILL WILL ALWAYS BE SCARED : They say what counts is on the inside but at an interview that doesn`t really matter: the interviewer doesn`t need to tell you that you didin`t get the job coz of your apperance you can tell by the way they react towardz your first apperance to them immediately! I would advice anyone who got a chance to get a face transplant due to reasonz that know are worth to restore the way they feel deep down to go for it, as for my sittuation it`s not possible as the damage is ireversable. So my opinion in general is this surgens are GOD sent and why not take adavntage of the gifts they have and give them a chance to use this gifts too ?

Answer 2

Does it really matter?
The only person it should concern is the donor and the person receiving it.

I don't care and it's none of our business as it doesn't affect us in any way. I also fail to see what's inherently wrong with it, so I'm going to say I have no problem with it and it can only be a good thing. Why would someone have a problem with it?

It's not for cosmetic reasons just now, and I doubt it ever will be. Or at least not in the near future, if that's your concern, bring it up then.

edit: Imo it's not even worth discussing because at this point there's no way it would be done the same way as a nose job etc. It might not take on and your whole (new) face could fall off. The scars etc! Unless you looked really bad (as in burned, scarred, deformed) before then there's no way anyone would consider a face transplant to simply make themselves look better.

Answer 3

Yes I think in the right circumstance a face transplant could be an excellent form of surgery. There must be many many people in this world who would gain tremendously from this form of surgery and if it is possible to give a person a better life then I dont see what issues people should have against it. The world is changing for the better and there is so much knowledge in the medical field now, that we should use it if we can.

Answer 4

Hello!! :o) It reminds me of a very old joke. "IF I had a choice of noses - I wouldn't pick yours!!" The idea of having someone else's FACE freaks me out - at least at first. But then I can well imagine that if my own face was disfigured some how [through being in a fire or whatever] that I just might get over being 'freaked out' by the idea. Besides - I suppose the 'new face' wouldn't look exactly like it did when it was still attached to the donor. Your bone structure would see to it that it didn't. Hmm.... I don't know. It's interesting - that's for sure. I've often dreamt of the possibility of having a penis transplant. But that's a different story altogether!! lol Have a great day!! [And appreciate your own face - while you still have it!!] Craig!! :o)

Answer 5

If someone is grossly disfigured (say by a burn or something) then why not? My view is that there ought to be some limitations on who is eligible for the surgery and why... In the case of the French women, I often wondered how "out of it" she must have been (apparently there was drug/drink abuse involved) for a dog to chew her face off and her not to realise it! Was she a deserving case? Who is to say? The down side to this face transplant issue is a) people just wanting to look like Angelina Jolie or some other celebrity; and b) the fact that it could end up causing distress to relatives of the deceased person who may encounter someone walking around 'wearing' their loved one's face!

Answer 6

I'm a copy editor for a newspaper, and after the first face transplant hit the news last year and medical experts were arguing over whether it should be allowed, I wrote the headline "MEDICAL ETHICISTS NOT SEEING EYE-TO-EYE OVER FACE TRANSPLANT" :-)

Having said that, the recipient's bone structure will shape the transplanted skin, so the recipient will not look like the donor. No need to worry about looking like the dead person. It's a matter of receiving donor tissue, much as with other organ transplants, not one of taking on another person's appearance from the donation.

Answer 7

hi, it does sound creepy yet think of being extraordinarily burnt or disfigured in some way...all those undesirable unlucky people who've suffered all theirs lives by way of fact of disfigurement by sickness or genetic abnormalities or by way of fact they have been attacked. till now this year a face transplantation became carried out in France on a woman who had her face ripped off by a dogs, curiously it became very efficient, sturdy good fortune to her i say by way of fact her existence heavily isn't the comparable and her total direction of existence will take a various music. in this international image and sweetness are quite substantial so besides the undeniable fact that i think of face transplanted could on no account be used cosmetically IE to grant an previous lady a youthful lady's face, i do think of if it is going to help somebody stay a classic as achievable existence and is to assist somebody who has suffered and been disfigured it is sturdy. yet i might hardship approximately black industry IE faces on the industry for the very rich wrinklies.

Answer 8

Brilliant news for people who need the operation. As long as the donor was prepared to give up their face upon their death... Transplants of other body parts already take place...

Answer 9

My opinion is that this shouldn't be available for general cosmetic surgery because you don't like the look of your own face. I think it should be for extreme circumstances such as those with facial injuries and burns. I would worry though for instance about eyebrows for example, can your own grow through? It's very complex isn't it!? I would also hope those that go through it should get a lot of counselling a support as you would like like a different person. I don't think I could donate my face though although I would donate internal organs. That's my opinion and I'd be interested to see others.

Answer 10

I think that face transplants should only be carried out on severe cases. It is not acceptable that 'if' it becomes an every day surgery procedure that it should be allowed.

Answer 11

I think if ti helps someone face the world, then it's a good thing. BTW the bone structure underneath means the person won't look exactly like the donor.