Comments for "World's First Partial Face Transplant" Video at VideoSift.com

By westy

westy (http://www.videosift.com/member/westy) — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:35:39 -0700

sucks for the person who used to own the face

By schmawy

schmawy (http://schmawy.videosift.com) — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:43:12 -0700

Yeah, I can hear it now. "You look familiar".

By siftbot

siftbot (http://www.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:40:17 -0700

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Isabelle Dinoire, Surgery, Facial, Transplant, France, Devauchelle, Dubernard' to 'Isabelle Dinoire, Surgery, Facial, Transplant, France, Devauchelle, Dubernard, france' - edited by kronosposeidon

By kronosposeidon

kronosposeidon (http://kronosposeidon.videosift.com) — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:49:18 -0700

Most recent update I could find on this incredible story.

>> ^schmawy:
Yeah, I can hear it now. "You look familiar".

When this surgery took place I remember them saying that the the new face wouldn't look exactly like the donor's, mainly because the recipient's facial bone structure would change the shape of the donor tissue.

By snoozedoctor

snoozedoctor (http://www.videosift.com/member/snoozedoctor) — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:59:42 -0700

Technically, this was difficult to do. Does anyone out there know how she's doing with it? Any rejection? I haven't heard much about it since.

By schmawy

schmawy (http://schmawy.videosift.com) — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:23:00 -0700

There were concerns because she used her new lips to smoke, and that would adversely affect circulation leading to a possible failure. There's a big Wikipedia article on it if you search 'Face Transplant'.

The scene where they unclamp the large artery and the skin turns from flacid, dead looking discolored flesh into rosy, vital tissue is truly remarkable. I've done some plumbing, and the satisfaction I feel when I turn the water back on and don't have any drips is great, I can't imagine the satisfaction of the surgeons upon completing this procedure.

By Tymbrwulf

Tymbrwulf (http://www.videosift.com/member/Tymbrwulf) — Wed, 21 May 2008 05:33:02 -0700

Full facial transplant approved at Cleveland clinic in Ohio back in 2004: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_transplant#Full_face_from_another

By snoozedoctor

snoozedoctor (http://www.videosift.com/member/snoozedoctor) — Wed, 21 May 2008 07:02:53 -0700

^
"I've done some plumbing, and the satisfaction I feel when I turn the water back on and don't have any drips is great, I can't imagine the satisfaction of the surgeons upon completing this procedure."

Schamwy, I've done some plumbing too. I'm still waiting for that sense of satisfaction. Calling the plumber afterwards is not doing it for me.

By rottenseed

rottenseed (http://rottenseed.videosift.com) — Wed, 21 May 2008 07:32:10 -0700

>> ^schmawy:
The scene where they unclamp the large artery and the skin turns from flacid, dead looking discolored flesh into rosy, vital tissue is truly remarkable. I've done some plumbing, and the satisfaction I feel when I turn the water back on and don't have any drips is great, I can't imagine the satisfaction of the surgeons upon completing this procedure.

I'm sure after 15 hours of surgery the sentiment was: "She's lucky that worked cause I was not about to redo that"

By ant

ant (http://www.videosift.com/member/ant) — Wed, 21 May 2008 07:54:14 -0700

Face Off movie?

By Trancecoach

Trancecoach (http://www.videosift.com/member/Trancecoach) — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:08:22 -0700

Surgery is so fascinating to observe. I almost feel this deserves an *art tag.

Oh, and I'm fairly sure the donor wasn't using it anymore.

By siftbot

siftbot (http://www.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:08:23 -0700

Invocations (art) cannot be called by Trancecoach because Trancecoach is not privileged - sorry.