Face transplant patient ready to go home

[Tippey764]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/05/09...ex.html?hpt=C2

he looks older then 26 by alot now.

Discuss

[PointBlank]

I wonder what he looked like before the accident.

He's really lucky to be alive. Most people that get hit from a power line are not so lucky. God was thanking him for painting that church.

[Jon]

Not funny?



Seriously though, that's some sweet ass advances in medicine right there.

[h22sparkle]

This is just a minor step. I also feel that the doctors should develop cybornetic limbs to help the people who cannot use their limbs due to amputation, un-expected occurances such as war or accidents/illnesses. that way they can go about their daily normal lives. Would be nice to have a terminatorish like limb.

[Julianachos]

His face after the accident/before the transplant = holyshit.

[CB7H22Los]

well nowadays i think he should be able to get thise camera eyes that they can implant to give him sight am i correct? this is good news though now hopefully they will become much better in the future!

[wherm]

Not funny?



Seriously though, that's some sweet ass advances in medicine right there.

just watched that the other day. Reading what all this guy went through and what he has to continue to go through to keep his body from rejecting the new face makes you realize just how far-fetched the movie Face-Off actually is. Not a bad movie, but good to see technology and medicine advancing in real life.

[Mista Juice]

thats simply awesome.. his attitude about everything is truly inspiring too..

[Leung]

This is just a minor step. I also feel that the doctors should develop cybornetic limbs to help the people who cannot use their limbs due to amputation, un-expected occurances such as war or accidents/illnesses. that way they can go about their daily normal lives. Would be nice to have a terminatorish like limb.

a while back i remember reading about a soldier receiving bluetooth equipped prosthetic limbs.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/b...tee-walk-agai/

Not the same article that i read but similar.

[deevergote]

thats simply awesome.. his attitude about everything is truly inspiring too..

Very much so.
I like that his daughter can accept him as well. I couldn't imagine how heartbreaking it would be to go through all of that, only to have your own child be afraid (hell, when I was a kid, my dad shaved his mustache and I cried!)

I can't even imagine what we'll be able to do in 50 years...

[Mista Juice]

hell.. i get a lot of praise for overcoming what i went through last year (and the ongoing struggles).. what i went through isnt shit compared to this guy..