What do you think about facial transplants?

Question

The News and is this different to organ transplants where life depends on a new organ. Is there any Doctor out there who has an opinion on the subject ? Clearly, I dont really understand whether this is purely cosmetic . I am very surprised that nobody has asked this question before.

Answer 1

The surgery wasn't purely cosmetic. The woman who had the face transplant was attacked by a dog and was unable to speak or eat properly after the attack. The hope with facial transplant is that it can be used for burn and cancer patients. In both of those cases you often have patients whose wounds cannot be closed, or whose eating, speech, and even breathing is compromised. Open wounds are also very prone to infections, which can become life threatening. The problem with facial transplant is mostly due to the fact that graphs need to come from live donors.This means taking both skin and vasculature from patients who have signed donor agreement (or their families have) but are on life-support due to irreparable brain damage. A lot of people think it's wrong to harvest tissue from live donors. Personally, I think the procedure can help make lives more normal for the people who get the transplants, and stop a lot of the deaths and complications that happen to people who live with open facial wounds. Like any other form of transplant surgery, the recipients need to take immuosuppressants for the rest of their lives. That isn't something someone would/should do because the don't like the way they look, nor would there be any doctor willing to do it simply for cosmetic reasons.

Answer 2

They seem A BIT STEEP as you have to take anti rejection drugs for the rest of your life if you are the lucky recipient of a donated face. Do you want your looks to change that much? Personally I think that fresh skin could be grown over the removal area which I think would cancel the need for the rejection drugs and change in the facial appearance. But I am no dermatologist.

Answer 3

My husband had the lower part of his face removed because of cancer but didn't survive I'm sure if he had he would have wanted a transplant so in some cases YES I think it would be a good thing, the only trouble is you cant get organ doners so I think doners will be rare.

Answer 4

I didnt hear of them before now. It's certainly an interesting Q. brings to mind the movie "FACEOFF" with Nicholas Cage & John Travolta.
Im not a doctor but Im sure the Man to ask is a Mr. Osama binladen. a hard lad to get hold of these days but Im pretty sure hes either had or is very interested in having same done....

Answer 5

I,m pretty sure that the doctors in the first instance would not perform this procedure for cosmetic reasons, but i am sure that as time goes on some grabber will try to make themselves rich on he back of this research.
what do you think?

Answer 6

Assuming the donor has given their consent there are merely some. the information of issue are from human beings. The donors family contributors ought to locate it distressing to be certain their chum strolling around whilst they be attentive to that guy or woman has died. despite the fact that, using fact the hot face isn't as lively using issues connecting muscle tissues, that's stated they might purely undergo a resemblance to the donor. further, the family contributors of the recipient might locate it difficult to settle for the guy previously them using fact a similar guy or woman they knew.

Answer 7

They have asked before.

Im not a doctor but I think they could well be a Godsend to people with severe facial disfigurement or injuries.

Answer 8

It would be wonderful for someone that was disfigured in a fire etc. I would hope that it would not be used to change someones appearance just because they did not like themselves or for criminal reasons

Answer 9

In special circumstances only

Answer 10

only in the event of a bad accident..yes