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Man Becomes the First Person to Receive a "Second Face Transplant"

posted by martyb on Wednesday April 18 2018, @01:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the facing-reality dept.

takyon writes:

A man who had previously received a face transplant has received another face transplant, following complications with an antibiotic:

The first person in the world to receive two facial transplants says he is feeling well, three months after his latest groundbreaking operation.

Jérôme Hamon had his first transplanted face removed last year after signs of rejection following a treatment with an incompatible antibiotic during a cold. The 43 year old remained in a hospital in Paris without a face for two months while a compatible donor was sought. He said: "The first [face] I accepted immediately. This time it's the same."

Mr Hamon suffers from neurofibromatosis type 1, a genetic condition that caused severe disfiguring tumours on his face. His first transplant, in 2010, was a success, but he caught a common cold in 2015 and was given antibiotics. The drug was incompatible with the immunosuppressive treatment he was having to prevent a rejection of the transplanted material. The first signs of rejection came in 2016 and last November, the face, suffering from necrosis, had to be removed.

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  • (Score: 4, Touché) by takyon on Wednesday April 18 2018, @05:53PM (1 child)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Wednesday April 18 2018, @05:53PM (#668660) Journal

    1. To avoid any confusion about it being his second or third face.

    2. To trigger one particular pedant.

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  • (Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Thursday April 19 2018, @10:30PM

    by wonkey_monkey (279) on Thursday April 19 2018, @10:30PM (#669367) Homepage

    1. To avoid any confusion about it being his second or third face.

    How does it do that?

    2. To trigger one particular pedant.

    Well, pardon me for caring how Soylent comes across, I'm sure.

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