FACE TRANSPLANTS: FOR OR AGAINST?

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FACE TRANSPLANTS: FOR OR AGAINST?

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would you : technology : FACE TRANSPLANTS: FOR OR AGAINST?

[+] serious ballot by mojo
created Mon Nov 08, 04
Sounds like sci-fi or the stuff of horror films, but the technology now exists. In fact, compared with other transplant operations, this one is relatively simple. A dead donor provides the face. Already a procedure in England and France, this would be a great boon to those whose faces are melted away from severe burns, or missing parts from cancer.

However, the naysayers are questioning it because they fear the parents or loved ones of the deceased donor would want to see their loved-one's face, creating unforseen right-to-privacy complications.

Another argument against the procedure is the need for anti-rejection drugs, which some doctors say should not be used except in life-threatening cases (liver, lungs, heart, kidneys).

Do you think the potential feelings of a donor's family are a legitimate reason withold this procedure? Also, for severe burn patients and the like, isn't getting a new face a life-saving procedure in itself?

What do you think?

I'm for it.
I'm against it.

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COMMENTS:
I think that there would also be a chance of some serious mental side effects in the patient receiving the face, a serious identity crisis, or something.

It's a hard one, I suppose it needs to be tried and tested first, but I personally would not want to see a dead relatives face walking around smiling at me.

by wolf_nipple_chips on Mon Nov 08, 04 10:10am [+]

Just like any other organ donor, yes, why take it to the grave when it can give someone a chance at a better quality of life. :) IMO

by Tadema on Mon Nov 08, 04 10:04am [+]

Maybe I'm wrong but the bone structure would be so different that I don't think it would look exactly like your loved one did. I'm not that up on the facts though. :)

by Tadema on Mon Nov 08, 04 10:25am [+]

...good point!

by wolf_nipple_chips on Mon Nov 08, 04 10:39am [+]

I think the underlying bone structure would completely change the face.

by mojo on Mon Nov 08, 04 11:31am [+]

I could see how it might benefit some. I also might create a population boom.

by lowerclassbrats on Mon Nov 08, 04 11:41am [+]

*It*

by lowerclassbrats on Mon Nov 08, 04 11:42am [+]

But I foresee a boatload of trouble. Colombian druglords and al Qaeda terrorists a step away from being pancaked by law enforcement, run down to their friendly neighborhood plastic surgeon and get a new face tacked on.

by Truthseeker013 on Mon Apr 25, 05 8:09pm [+]

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