their face starts out droopy because it takes time for the nerve endings to connect but after like a year that when the face is fully healed he'll be able to move his face properly
I read that he had rejected previous faces because the skin was a lot fairer than his was and he didn’t want a face that would make him feel “like someone else” so he was really happy to have a face that matched his skin almost exactly.
cakeslady on November 8th, 2019 at 02:13 UTC »
their face starts out droopy because it takes time for the nerve endings to connect but after like a year that when the face is fully healed he'll be able to move his face properly
Artecanid on November 8th, 2019 at 02:57 UTC »
I read that he had rejected previous faces because the skin was a lot fairer than his was and he didn’t want a face that would make him feel “like someone else” so he was really happy to have a face that matched his skin almost exactly.
NotTheRealRilke on November 8th, 2019 at 02:59 UTC »
So amazing.
Here’s the Time version of the story: https://time.com/5709294/first-african-american-face-transplant/