Incredibly well performed facial transplant

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GiorgioMD on February 19th, 2018 at 12:30 UTC »

Richard Lee Norris lost most of his upper and lower jaw as well as his lips, teeth and tongue in an accident in 1997. He had lived much of his life as a recluse, before receiving transplant surgery at the Maryland Medical Centre in Baltimore.

OneaRogue on February 19th, 2018 at 14:36 UTC »

How did they replace the bone for his jaw?

Nandeenah on February 19th, 2018 at 15:19 UTC »

Does he have to take immunosuppressive drugs like people with donor organs?