The world's first successful face change (face transplantation) (Figure)

Richard, a 39 year old American man. Richard Norris underwent a facelift in 2012. Two years later, he stood up bravely and talked about the huge contrast between his life before and after the face change and the high cost of the face change operation. So what happened to him?

Norris was 22 when he had a fight with his mother after being drunk, and then he took out his family gun and threatened to commit suicide. Unfortunately, due to the fire of the pistol, the man was shot in the face and lost all his teeth, nose and tongue. After that, he spent 10 years' underground and night life 'that he dare not see people and go out.

After the injury, Norris underwent dozens of cosmetic operations, but the final result was still unsatisfactory. The doctor told him that if he wanted to restore a relatively normal face, he would only have to change his face. However, after face changing surgery, patients need to take anti rejection drugs for life, which will cause their immunity to be low and easily die of common infection.

In addition to taking medicine and learning to eat and talk again, Norris should not smoke, drink, sunbathe, or argue with others to avoid facial injuries. Otherwise, organ rejection will intensify and may cause death. However, even the most optimistic estimate is that the transplanted face will only survive for 20-30 years.

Norris's face was transplanted from a 21-year-old man who died in a traffic accident. Five other lives have been saved by the man's other organs. The operation lasted for 36 hours, and more than 150 doctors and nurses participated in it successively. They reconstructed the upper and lower jaws, teeth and part of the tongue for the patient. After the operation, the person was' new 'from the scalp to the neck.

Norris said he would like to be the research object of doctors for life and accumulate valuable experience for other patients. He said that every day should be regarded as the last day of his life to spend his very important life philosophy. Walking on the street, Norris said, now at least 'no one will look at me more'.

Doctors say they hope Norris will survive for at least 10 years. The world's first full face transplant was completed in 2010, and the patient is in good condition. Unlike the familiar heart, kidney, and liver transplants, the goal of facelift surgery is not to save lives, but to 'maximize the quality of life'. At the same time, face changing surgery is very difficult and risky (the failure rate is as high as 50%), so few people dare to accept the challenge of face changing surgery. Four seas net make up also admire this kind of person's courage and courage very much, hope he is healthy all the time!