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   Undertoad  Thursday Apr 27 02:53 PM

4/27/2006: Another face transplant



IotD had the first face transplant patient but this guy, apparently the second, has received less attention from the world. It happened in China, where the guy lost much of his face in a bear attack.

As in the case of the first transplant, docs aren't so worried about whether it'll "take" as they are how the guy will deal with the psychological problems of suddenly looking very different.



Ibby  Thursday Apr 27 02:59 PM

They aren't making as big a deal about this guy because, face it (heh), there are a lot of Chinese people, and if you reported on every single one there'd be no other news. And honestly, in the states at least, how big a market is there on China? Chinese news is only reported there when a mine collapses or something, or if their president is in the states.



wolf  Thursday Apr 27 03:14 PM

How could he face psychological problems from looking different, when they all look alike?

(now that I've gotten that out of the way ... an intact transplanted face has got to be a major improvement on what he's looked like since the bear attack.)



Shocker  Thursday Apr 27 04:58 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by wolf
How could he face psychological problems from looking different, when they all look alike?

My thoughts exactly LOL


gaidin  Thursday Apr 27 05:09 PM

i didn't know they had bears in china



Elspode  Thursday Apr 27 05:15 PM

Well, there's pandas, but they aren't really bears, are they?



Shocker  Thursday Apr 27 05:16 PM

Maybe it was really a yeti



Pancake Man  Thursday Apr 27 05:45 PM

Man, I would hate to have to do that. Get up and look in the mirror, and get the shock of your life. Fun experiment: Wear a halloween mask overnite, and see if you immediately recognize yourself the next morn.



milkfish  Thursday Apr 27 07:23 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Undertoad
As in the case of the first transplant, docs aren't so worried about whether it'll "take" as they are how the guy will deal with the psychological problems of suddenly looking very different.
That's why all they should limit all these face transplants to celebrities, who are all so psychologically damaged already that the post-transplant issues would not matter.


Leah  Thursday Apr 27 07:35 PM

It was probably his teady bear that bit him .



Trilby  Thursday Apr 27 08:12 PM

If that was me I'd have to be on benzodiazepams for the duration of my natural life. so many time the IotD reminds me how very, very fortunate I am.



Undertoad  Thursday Apr 27 08:43 PM

They also have zoos in China.



Happy Monkey  Thursday Apr 27 08:47 PM

Best not to piss off Genma Saotome.



xoxoxoBruce  Thursday Apr 27 09:07 PM

Black bears, Moon bears, Panda bears and Teddy bears.



Happy Monkey  Thursday Apr 27 10:59 PM

Colbert has been vindicated.



Trilby  Friday Apr 28 07:16 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
Colbert has been vindicated.
He's getting to be quite the weather vane, isn't he?


milkfish  Friday Apr 28 07:32 AM

Someone buy him a copy of this video.


The Mirror Has Two Faces



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