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Verdict is still out for me on this. Granted, I have a “normal” face, but I’m curious as to the long-term psychological effects of a surgery like this. Certainly this man’s face was, for lack of a better word, non-existent prior to the transplant, but I’m curious as to his feelings about his new face. From the looks of it, he lost his eyes in the accident, so this is really for outward appearances more than anything else. Does the transplanted face eventually “normalize” or will there always be droops and pockets of unusual-looking skin?

Please don’t mistake my intent here. The ghastly image of a faceless man is absolutely nothing compared to the somewhat odd-looking transplanted face, but we’ve yet to really study the long-term psychological and physiological effects of these types of surgeries.

God bless him and see him through what I’m sure are very trying times.

SHOMER SHABBAS!</walter>

Heard on the news he'll need to take a mixture of drugs the rest of his life to keep his body from rejecting his new face. I wondered if some of that puffiness and drooping will subside some weeks after the surgery.

The poor soul probably would have settled for just about anything other than his disfigurement. Breaks the heat to think of having to go through life like that.

There was a young man who lived in my city neighborhood who had been terribly disfigured in a fire. His face was really quite a mess, his nose gone - just tragic. I did not know him personally but he always tried to cover up his head when he was outside his home. No way to live but one can imagine the unkind reactions he had from folks. These new procedures will really change lifes.

I direct you to the before and after photos.

I don’t understand how you can say “the verdict is still out” for you on this.

What exactly is it that you question?
That he can now smell and feel sensation on his face?
That he now has a face at all?

I’m curious as to why you would be concerned about the long term psychological effects of the corrective surgery, and not the mans original disfigurement.

I suspect there was a hosts of interviews with various psyc. people before this proceedure was a go. Imagine also he has ahad several since his first loosing his face to this happening. So no, I don’t think there’s a psyc issue for him...rather I imagine moreso an issue had this not been done. Hope has a way of touching ones very soul...this man had hope his face would be restored to the look of humanity...pretty amazing whaat they have done there and I’m sure some minor adjustments to follow. But even without any...it’s amazing truly!