face transplant
New countenance surgically
A face transplant is a surgical procedure in which damaged or disfigured facial tissue is replaced with tissue from a deceased donor.
The operation addresses severe injuries from burns, trauma, or disease that conventional reconstruction cannot repair.
Unlike cosmetic surgery, face transplants involve transplanting skin, muscles, nerves, and sometimes bone as a functional unit: She received a face transplant after the accident left her unable to close her eyes or mouth.
- nerve damageInjured neural tissue
- surgical teamMedical professionals performing operations
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- immunosuppressionReduced bodily defense activation
- second chanceRenewed opportunity after failure
donor matching · eyelid · informed consent · microsurgery · psychological counseling · nose · 3D printing · dermis · robotic surgery · jaw · identity · cheek · pain · blood vessels · scar · before and after · lips · chin
- surgical advancesrobotic surgery, minimally invasive, laparoscopy, microsurgery, surgical robot
- transplantsorgan donation, allograft, autograft, autotransplant, xenotransplant
- graftsallograft, autograft, bone graft, skin graft, xenograft
face transplantBotox
Cosmetic paralytic injection
lip filler · cosmetic enhancement · dermal fillers · cosmetic surgery · facelift
face transplantBand-Aid
Branded adhesive strip
topical cream · minor surgery · skin graft · first aid · home remedy
face transplantnon-intervention
Policy of staying uninvolved
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