arab_freak Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 (edited) No, it doesn't involve Nicolas Cage and John Travolta. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30586321/wid/11915773?GT1=31037 This is a photo of Connie Culp, after an injury to her face, left, and then as she appears today. Culp underwent the first face transplant surgery in the United States at the Cleveland Clinic last December. Before and after; Edited May 7, 2009 by arab_freak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happenstance Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Its the first US face transplant not the worlds, its the fourth overall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arab_freak Posted May 6, 2009 Author Share Posted May 6, 2009 Its the first US face transplant not the worlds, its the fourth overall Really? Any links? I'll let someone edit the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I was about to say as much. She looked funnier before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happenstance Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Really? Any links? I'll let someone edit the title. Here ya go: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8035316.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arab_freak Posted May 6, 2009 Author Share Posted May 6, 2009 Here ya go: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8035316.stm I was referring to the other previous transplants, I just noticed I didn't put a link in the first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Which one is the "before" one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantsu Man! Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 She... looks like a fish on the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwarf Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Yeah it's not that good, there's a different face transplant/skin graft that worked fairly well. To be fair she did get shot, and she hasn't fully recovered. I still found it hard not to laugh though which is bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Captain Falcon Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 People at work were making the jokes today about it and I couldn't help but chuckle a little even though I know I shouldn't have. I'd not seen the picture of her until just but now I do feel rather bad and somewhat ashamed about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caris Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 She looks like Jabba the hut now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheikah Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Woah, her eyes have sure shot up. She looks a bit like Droopy now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arab_freak Posted May 6, 2009 Author Share Posted May 6, 2009 Yeah it's not that good, there's a different face transplant/skin graft that worked fairly well.To be fair she did get shot, and she hasn't fully recovered. I still found it hard not to laugh though which is bad. You should watch the video, they have a "preview" of what her face will look like after more reconstructive surgery. It looks a lot more okay-ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Really? Any links? I'll let someone edit the title. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4484728.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksnowman Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 The first one was a French woman who'd been attacked by a dog/ dogs, wasn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 The first one was a French woman who'd been attacked by a dog/ dogs, wasn't it? *nods* As far as I'm aware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raining_again Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I created a thread back in the day bbc news link - I think this was the first one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shino Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Maybe that's how she looked before getting shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbob Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 To be honest, picture 2 looks a lot better than Picture 1 for obvious reasons. This my friends is pioneering surgery. And it will probably look better over time as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheikah Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 And it will probably look better over time as well. Yeah, when she gets older people will think it was just a stroke. Seriously though, it seems as if they have made her jaw more square-like. I honestly can't make sense of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris the great Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 funnily enough, her new nose is very nice, and the only part that appears fully missing in the origional photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbob Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Yeah, when she gets older people will think it was just a stroke. Seriously though, it seems as if they have made her jaw more square-like. I honestly can't make sense of that. Think i read somewhere in the news that more ops will make the face look a little more "normal" than it is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goafer Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I think a lot of it is swelling too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raining_again Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I think she looks pretty awesome. I think the people slagging the way she looks have never actually lived with a disfigurement like that.... she looks relatively normal...she probably feels amazing now. The nose is fantastic. Amazing stuffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pestneb Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 why did her hair colour change? did they swap scalps too?? also, maybe they ought to include a before disfigurement shot, as well as the pre and post ops? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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