In Pictures: Rafael The Face Transplant Man
RAFAEL is the 34-year-old man who had a face transplant. This is his face. For 30 hours, over 100 medics at Seville’s Virgen del Rocio worked on the project. Rafael had neurofibromatosis, a genetic disease that makes tumours grow on the face. Incredibly, Rafael has started shaving…
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Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron University Hospital undated handout of the second of four images in a sequence of computer generated images showing the procedure of the world's first full face transplant. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday April 23, 2010. More than 30 medics carried out the operation at Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron University Hospital on a young man who was injured in an accident five years ago. See PA story HEALTH Face. Photo credit should read: Vall d'Hebron University Hospital/PA
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