France-for face long out others beard

France 3, the media reported that the recent acceptance of the world's third case of "face" of France men good postoperative rehabilitation, 2, first to see his "new faces" and scratch-off new grown a beard to celebration. Surprisingly, the patient's new grown a beard does not own, but rather belongs to the facial skin donors.

For the first time, see "surface"

The name France man suffering from hereditary neurofibromatosis, lips long giant tumor, does not eat and talk. January 21, he was in Paris suburb of Henry · Mundo hospital for the "face" of the surgery, the doctor Laurent · Lantieri as he replaced the nose, mouth and jaw, as well as part of the cheek. For privacy reasons, he did not disclose patient and facial skin the identity of the donors.

The 29-year-old patients this month 2, for the first time to see his new faces, and for his successful surgery Lantieri. Reported that it was "the passion of the moment," he embraced the doctor also said its new face looks very good. " Lantieri on the Paris people "said:" he is in good condition, no rejection. He has been able to eat, like mouth talk. ”

Shaving celebrate

As the nurse in the surgery the patient and skin facial hair donors are shaved off, after a smooth new beard therefore is considered a "face" of operation mark of success achieved in stages.

The Parisian newspaper said that, in order to more clearly see the facial after surgery, patients face new long beard and need to be shaved off. Surprisingly, the doctors conducting the new beard deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing found that new grown beards actually belongs to the facial skin donors. Lantieri said: "we still do not know what will happen. We do not know the future long beard will maintain the status quo (still belongs to the donors), or mixed with donors and patients ' beard. But in either case, it is his beard, his face. ”

Still need rehabilitation

Lantieri said that patients fully recover also takes a long time. He explained that, because "every nerve growth only 1 mm below the eyes to the corners of the patient's distance is 7 to 8 cm", therefore, the patient's facial muscles is at least 3 to 4 months to move. Then can we judge the "face" of the operation is completed successfully.

This is the world's third case of "face" of the operation. In 2005, France women Isabel · du Noir accepted partial face transplantation, become the world's first "face". In 2006, the Chinese doctors also successfully completed a "face" of the operation.