Remember the John Woo quasi-SciFi/action-adventure movie Face Off? Well then, check this out.

The world’s first partial face transplant has been performed on a 38-year-old French woman, whose lips and nose were ripped off in a dog attack, the surgeon who carried out the operation told AFP. (…)

These guys have already done hand, double-hand and hand & forearm transplants.

Amazing! (db)

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