Face-transplant?

Just got the new alert, that face-transplants are permissioned in UK, Whats your opinion??

Face-transplant?
My opinion is based on personl experince: I was involved in a car accident nearly 7 years ago and it`s left me with quite some scarring and having to wake up look in the mirror and use ointments of all sorts to try and level the scars each and every night and day which is something that makes me shade tears each and every single day knowing that even though the SCARS level phyisically and emotionally I STILL WILL ALWAYS BE SCARED : They say what counts is on the inside but at an interview that doesn`t really matter: the interviewer doesn`t need to tell you that you didin`t get the job coz of your apperance you can tell by the way they react towardz your first apperance to them immediately! I would advice anyone who got a chance to get a face transplant due to reasonz that know are worth to restore the way they feel deep down to go for it, as for my sittuation it`s not possible as the damage is ireversable. So my opinion in general is this surgens are GOD sent and why not take adavntage of the gifts they have and give them a chance to use this gifts too ?
Reply:i totally agree with you Report It

Reply:I agree with you , I went through a windscreen a long time ago and wastold that there was nothing they could do, I have been a n undercover repressive scarred woman since! Oh godess how I would like a face transplant! No one who has not experienced facial deformaty can ever understand.. Report It

Reply:I consider organ transplants and blood transfusions as cannabalism. Consequently, I would place face transplants into that category, also.


If a person was hungry, would they eat a fry up of human liver and kidneys? Report It

Reply:Like to walk around with a dead persnns face? that is sick Report It

Reply:I'd just like to say that it's highly unlikely that face transplants will ever become routine surgery. It would not only be completely unethical, but incredibly risky and extreme, not to mention the after effects, including taking anti-rejection medications for the rest of ones life. Report It

Reply:Well said Kenyan........... Report It

Reply:thanks to all who showed and still are showing their support just don`t forget that it ain`t an easy road in hospital and out but if it does become possible to do the transplant mind you and No risks involved go for it ; Report It

Reply:My opinion is that this shouldn't be available for general cosmetic surgery because you don't like the look of your own face. I think it should be for extreme circumstances such as those with facial injuries and burns. I would worry though for instance about eyebrows for example, can your own grow through? It's very complex isn't it!? I would also hope those that go through it should get a lot of counselling a support as you would like like a different person. I don't think I could donate my face though although I would donate internal organs. That's my opinion and I'd be interested to see others.
Reply:I think that face transplants should only be carried out on severe cases. It is not acceptable that 'if' it becomes an every day surgery procedure that it should be allowed.
Reply:Brilliant news for people who need the operation. As long as the donor was prepared to give up their face upon their death... Transplants of other body parts already take place...
Reply:Hello!! :o) It reminds me of a very old joke. "IF I had a choice of noses - I wouldn't pick yours!!" The idea of having someone else's FACE freaks me out - at least at first. But then I can well imagine that if my own face was disfigured some how [through being in a fire or whatever] that I just might get over being 'freaked out' by the idea. Besides - I suppose the 'new face' wouldn't look exactly like it did when it was still attached to the donor. Your bone structure would see to it that it didn't. Hmm.... I don't know. It's interesting - that's for sure. I've often dreamt of the possibility of having a penis transplant. But that's a different story altogether!! lol Have a great day!! [And appreciate your own face - while you still have it!!] Craig!! :o)
Reply:Yes I think in the right circumstance a face transplant could be an excellent form of surgery. There must be many many people in this world who would gain tremendously from this form of surgery and if it is possible to give a person a better life then I dont see what issues people should have against it. The world is changing for the better and there is so much knowledge in the medical field now, that we should use it if we can.
Reply:If someone is grossly disfigured (say by a burn or something) then why not? My view is that there ought to be some limitations on who is eligible for the surgery and why... In the case of the French women, I often wondered how "out of it" she must have been (apparently there was drug/drink abuse involved) for a dog to chew her face off and her not to realise it! Was she a deserving case? Who is to say? The down side to this face transplant issue is a) people just wanting to look like Angelina Jolie or some other celebrity; and b) the fact that it could end up causing distress to relatives of the deceased person who may encounter someone walking around 'wearing' their loved one's face!
Reply:This procedure should only go ahead if the recipient has a severe disfigurement, not for vanity reasons only
Reply:I think if ti helps someone face the world, then it's a good thing. BTW the bone structure underneath means the person won't look exactly like the donor.
Reply:I always wanted to look like that cool guy who lives in South Africa, with black hair and green eyes........hold on,,, silly me,,, that is me!!!!! Looks like im guna save myself alot of money
Reply:Another huge leap in technology, great idea as long as it does not get abused by people who really do not need it
Reply:great for people who have lost their face due to accident. Its just another usable body part like any other....what do i care when I'm dead.
Reply:It is actually a good thing, but then imagine you get a ace of someone who recently died and family can`t stop grieving, they will be all over you.


Or get face of a former convict or serial killer, damn?
Reply:technology is becoming advance.I have also seen news that a lady face was badly damaged by dog,she had gone for face-transplant by series of doctors %26amp; it was successful.
Reply:Does it really matter?


The only person it should concern is the donor and the person receiving it.





I don't care and it's none of our business as it doesn't affect us in any way. I also fail to see what's inherently wrong with it, so I'm going to say I have no problem with it and it can only be a good thing. Why would someone have a problem with it?





It's not for cosmetic reasons just now, and I doubt it ever will be. Or at least not in the near future, if that's your concern, bring it up then.





edit: Imo it's not even worth discussing because at this point there's no way it would be done the same way as a nose job etc. It might not take on and your whole (new) face could fall off. The scars etc! Unless you looked really bad (as in burned, scarred, deformed) before then there's no way anyone would consider a face transplant to simply make themselves look better.
Reply:Surely the face would be the same because of the persons bone structure?Sorry to answer a question with a question!
Reply:I'm a copy editor for a newspaper, and after the first face transplant hit the news last year and medical experts were arguing over whether it should be allowed, I wrote the headline "MEDICAL ETHICISTS NOT SEEING EYE-TO-EYE OVER FACE TRANSPLANT" :-)





Having said that, the recipient's bone structure will shape the transplanted skin, so the recipient will not look like the donor. No need to worry about looking like the dead person. It's a matter of receiving donor tissue, much as with other organ transplants, not one of taking on another person's appearance from the donation.
Reply:good idea in theory not sure about the real idea though.


if i had an accident then im sure id be up for it. but as a dead person i wouldnt want to give my face away be quite gross.
Reply:I think it shouldn't be allowed because people seen to complain when it goes wrong and die's to get it done no matter what the circumtances are. I think why should people change their features, they should be proud of what they are and spending non necessary amount of money which can be given to charitie etc.
Reply:Fantastic and about time. Everyones underlying bone structure is different so they will never look like the recipient.