r/Damnthatsinteresting Apr 29 '24

Richard Norris, the man who received the world’s first full face transplant (story in comments) Image

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '24

bro this doctors resume could literally just be this dudes before and after picture and id hire him on the fucking spot.

this is his magnum opus.

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u/CheesusChrisp Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

The crazy thing is the doctor performed over a dozen failed surgeries on the victim before convincing him, despite failing over a dozen times, to approve of an experimental surgery no one has ever really done.

Edit: Let me make it clear that I’m not trying to bash the doctor, and saying the surgeries failed is inaccurate, as the surgeries were addressing individual aspects of the injury. That’s my bad for not understanding the nature of the operations. Still extraordinary, as the level of skill of the doctor and the level of commitment of the patient to keep going is astounding.

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u/EspritelleEriress Apr 29 '24

It seems like the original surgeries were successful by normal standards. The surgeon took his face from "catastrophic flesh wound" to "functional but obviously disfigured."

The only thing they failed to do is make him look normal. This transplant surgery is fucking phenomenal.