Great story...and a chance at a normal life....BD
For 24 years Pascal Coler's face drew so many taunts in the street that he retreated to his home to live the painful life of a recluse. All of that changed one night in January when he got the call: They'd found a face donor.
Laurent Lantieri, the head of plastic surgery at Henri-Mondor Hospital, says that "almost all" of Coler's face was replaced with that of a donor: new lips, cheeks, nose and mouth. Lantieri, who took part in the operation, hails it as the world's first full face transplant.
When his mother and sister saw his new face, Coler said, "both burst into tears of absolute happiness. It was one of the happiest days of their lives." But Coler does not look like the anonymous donor.
His transplant really went great.it's unfortunate a heart attack claimed him after so many years waiting for this.
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