[Born Conservative]

Not your typical Transplant Ping List type of article...

[bannie]

For victims of disfiguring accidents this could be a gift from Heaven. It will take a great deal of emotional work; but so would being horribly disfigured.

[Born Conservative]

Ping

[al baby]

[GladesGuru]

Move along, there is nothing new here.

Politicians have been putting on "new faces" since time immemorial. Remember the "New Democrat" face of Bill Clinton?

[isom35]

it was first done in 1997:
http://upx.primenova.com/1/mpp_main/FaceOff.jpg

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

The main problem I see with this (besides the very high "ewww!" factor) is the fact that if the transplant fails ... the patient could be in very bad shape, with a necrotic, disintegrating face, or even facing death. (Sorry for the pun.) If your chances of dying are pretty high anyhow, I don't see how anyone can argue with trying a risky surgery that might fix your problem. But if your choice is between disfigurement (which is incredibly unpleasant but not fatal), or a surgery that might fix your problem and transform your life, but might also kill you eventually ... I dunno, that's just a very hard choice. I can see why the ethics panels had issues with this.