[brytlea]

What? That's disgusting!
susie

[Gordongekko909]

If the donation was agreed to by the donor herself, then God bless her. I really hope that's what happened.

[coconutt2000]

Now I know why the whole "face transplant" made me feel queasy.

[HangnJudge]

OK, now I'm officially weirded out

Must remove image from my mind
Too late

[Williams]

This is a rather meaningless story. Once people are declared brain dead, their organs can be harvested (that is the term) and this is completely in keeping with the donor's wishes. The person is dead, they are being kept alive artificially, and whether the organs are harvested before or after the ventilator is removed is inconsequential. The headline here is misleading to state the donor was "living." They were dead according to all legal and medical definitions and as defined by specific laws that govern organ donation. This was France, but I believe every state in the union has similar provisions.

[bikepacker67]

Most "scientists" have no sense of ethics.

[Ohioan from Florida]

Why does anything surprise me anymore? We seem to have fewer and fewer ethics as time goes on.

[EagleUSA]

** NAZI (NANCY) PELOSI **

[bobdsmith]

wow I wouldn't be able to face something like that

[Snoopers-868th]

These topics make me ask so many questions--I very much disagree with organ donation.

I think it is interesting that the life expectancy (I think I read 76 or 77) is so celebrated. I don't recall the percentage of those that were on meds but it was significant in my opinion.

We do not want to pay for health care that affords that same life expectancy and it certainly would not look good to the world if our life expectancy dropped.

Is it really an increase in life expectancy that we care about or is it the fact the claim can be made? Afterall, if we do not pay for health care ultimately life expectancy will drop.

Is this type of medicine only producing some artificial or selective life expectancy? Will those who reach the life expectancy then be less important to society because they will not affect the statistics?

[manwiththehands]

It's time for FReepers to face the music.

Bwahahaha

OK. I'm done now.

[Paul C. Jesup]

Ignored however has been the fact that the face, in order to be transplanted had to come from a live donor - heart beating and still breathing.

Considering the outer layer of skin is dead cells, the above statement is sending my BS meter into the red.

[Americanchild]

the face, in order to be transplanted had to come from a live donor

But...why????

[wideminded]

This article is misleading and is based on speculation by those who were not involved. According to news reports the donor had committed suicide by hanging and was thus not "still breathing".

[capt. norm]

I know a number of "two-faced" people who caould become donors.

[RGSpincich]

Keeping her ventilated through the operation must have been a trick.

[Ditter]

I am happy that this woman now has a face but I am such a ghoul that I want to see pictures.I saw a woman recently who had no nose, in fact, the center of her face was shaped like a shallow dish. I wonder what could have happened, accident, cancer?

[Road Warrior ‘04]

She's so two-faced.