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  • UMd. transplant team gives Virginia man new face after 15 years

    10/17/2012 5:38:36 PM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 14 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | October 16, 2012 | Meredith Somers
    The Virginia man, who about 100 days ago underwent the most extensive face transplant surgery ever performed, has regained the ability to smell and taste, as well as what he called a sense of normalcy after 15 years of hiding. Richard Lee Norris, 37, on Tuesday credited the work of the University of Maryland’s plastic and reconstructive surgery team with ending his life in isolation. He said they helped him close out the routine he was forced to adopt in 1997, when a gun accident destroyed his upper and lower jaws, as well as his lips and nose. “For the...