2/6/2006: Face transplant patient appears

Face transplant patient Isabelle Dinoire is being shown in video a lot today. She's the world's first face transplant patient, after her pet dog mauled her. The hospital had their first press conference with Dinoire, so the public gets the first look at the results.

This shot shows much more than the videos, although the videos seemed to make her look much better/prettier. Her lower lip does hang down constantly like that, although she seemed able to drink normally from a cup of water. They say she'll be in physical therapy for quite some time, but she'll also be getting psychological help. They don't know exactly how someone will react when the face in the mirror is not their own.

Wow, it is amazing that modern medicine is capable of doing such things I previously thought of only happening in movies. She does, however, have a long way to go before before playing in a game of Charades. Truly unbelievable stuff though.

Wow.

Just wow.

/looks down his pants.

Hmm... if they can transplant a face. . .

You mean this?

That's one lucky lady, I have to wonder if she still has the dog .

hmmmmm,a 2 faced woman;i heard of those




BAD DOG !

It would appear that this is not yet an option for people that want to be prettier.
I think there is an awful lot of nerves and blood vessels in the face so I wonder how much of that they can get working. The muscles beneath the skin do the moving and cause expressions but I wonder in much of the skin is numb......like coming from the dentist?

This is totally off topic, but as I was perusing through the list of "smilies", I came across the "doit" one and I think it might be one of the most disturbing things I have ever seen.

Who cares about the face?

That's what underwear is for.

Just joking.

Wait, scratch that.

What's with the teeth?? I would think they could give her normal-looking dentures.

Transplant in my book implies donor. can we get a liiiitle more info, but not too mcuh info. I agree with the teeth comment. that is old technology. reminds me of a joke that is too long to type tonight. if this thread lives on I amy attempt it later.

maybe someone already knows the one about the guy who buys the hand tailred $3.00 suit.

I suspect they are her own teeth. The problem is the drooping lower lip.
BUT, she still looks better than Michael Jackson.

Oh, and get this:

She started smoking again, knowing that it could lead to tissue rejection. In other words, she just needs that ciggie so bad she doesn't care that her face could just decompose and slough off. That's why they call it an addiction.

don't underestimate the power of nicotine. I know two former heroin addicts who smoke. they said kicking junk was a walk in the park compared to quitting cigs. both still smoke and have been junk free for a couple of decades.

In the book "the sticking point" get it at your library, the author explains some of the chemical reasons for nicotine's powerful wonderfulness on some people. (my sarcasm)

I think welbutrin has similar effects on neurotransmitters. Where's our neuronurse? Bri? is that you?

I'm wondering about the "before" pictures.

Didn't find an after-dog attack, but here is before dog attack:

http://worldofwonder.net/archives/20..._at_me_now.wow

Not the best shot, but it gives you an idea of the "before". I think the new face is an improvement.
http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg....umRaqxw4LhEA--

It isn't exactly someone else's face. It has her bone structure and musculature, and the skin is fairly plastic, so it probably looks more like her than the donor. Not so many freckles though.

As for the smoking, the French basically don't accept our medical take on it. Of course it will slow the healing, but they are basically in denial.

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Originally Posted by AureliusVin This is totally off topic, but as I was perusing through the list of "smilies", I came across the "doit" one and I think it might be one of the most disturbing things I have ever seen.

it may be very hard to quit smoking but that doesn't mean it can't be done. I did it and survived. I was very addicted. People quit smoking everyday. Given what this woman has at stake I think she would care enough to quit.

OK I still want to know where the donor came from.

Maybe a retired politician didn't need their second face anymore.

Thanks. that is exactly as much info as I wanted/needed. I will now be able to avoid this thread.


I just didn't realize you could donate a face.

Neither did the donor.

Personally, I'd want the face of someone who was not...er...stupid.

but she looks the same? i mean the before attack and now doesnt look like anyone else to me? just looks like she has a homer simpson style beard-scar thats all. I dont see why she would feel like its not "her face" any moe than a car accident victim with reconstructive surgery would. - i mean the donor donated skin obviously i understand that skin on her was once on someone elses face. but i mean.. so? My parents both have someone elses heart after open heart surgery. My mum had blood transfusions when i was born for near 2 months and noone gave her "therepy" because OMG its someone elses blood inside her. I just dont "get" the whole big deal. People have ears on them that grew on mice backs for gods sake.

After a mass transfusion as a result of a GI bleed, I wondered about whose blood I had gotten. Must have been an alcoholic, tho... I tend to drink more.

Surely SOMETHING carries over through DNA or chemical makeup. It's kinda weird when you think about it.

I guess whith blood though - it probably just came from a live donor - not a dead one, so its not AS creepy.

I found this while looking at past IodT. Don't remember how it turned out. Must have been a flop? http://www.betterhumans.com/News/2430/Default.aspx

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce Both your parents had heart transplants?

I'm going to hell for this...

Face transplant patient dies: https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...abelle-dinoire

well, thanks for the update, but that's too bad.

Hopefully the decade in between the operation and her death was worth it for her. I imagine it was. But my imagining isn't worth much.