Face Transplant?
Okay, look, to a certain extent, this is really silly. Because if we'd really arrived to the point where this was possible, it ought to be possible to re-mold any existing face any way we wanted to anyway.
But still: can I have Russel Crowe's face anyway?
I can grow enough whiskers to cover up flaws on the face -- what I need is a physique makeover.
Doctoe, gimme Der Guffernor's muscles.
I know some people, who think they need a face transplant, who really just need a personality transplant...
The point of this surgery is, I believe, not to make everyone look like Julia Roberts or Brad Pitt, but to do restoration on people who have been severely burned or have other severe disfigurements. That I CAN get behind.
Oh, I was being snarky. I entirely agree that it's a wonderful surgery.
Burn victims and others with horrendous injuries genuinely need something like this. No question about it. My silliness should not elide the truly great accomplishment such a procedure really is.
Initially I was reminded of the Silence of the Lambs and how Dr. Lecter got out of the holding facility and into the ambulance. Face work always makes me cringe, and don't even get me started on eyeballs! Gotta love those ophthalmologists.
Truthfully, I do believe this is a great idea for burn and trauma patients. The question is, like it was for hand transplants and other non-essential organs, is the risk worth it? Hopefully, as the immunosuppressant drugs improve and become less toxic, more people will benefit.
The truly pathetic thing is the woman who had a uterine transplant last year. What a comment on the value of a female life. No big surprise- it was done in Saudi Arabia.
We live in an age of wonders.
Pardon me for being a smart ass, but I thought the first face transplant took place over 10 years ago. You may have seen him in the news. Goes by the name of Michael Jackson.