Without fanfare, French surgeons performed the world’s first full face transplant over a year ago. The British News of the World tells the story — albeit in a somewhat sensationalist way. A few quotes, including the CAPITALS:
He talks about his escape from a nightmare of deformity—and his hope of finding LOVE for the first time at the age of 30.
Pascal says: “The operation has revolutionised my life. I can live as a normal human being for the first time. People in the street look at me very differently. They no longer stop and stare or shout cruel words.
“Instead I am accepted. I even dream of myself in my new face—and now I would love to find a wife, settle down and have children.”
He spent 24 YEARS horrifically disfigured by Von Recklinghausen’s disease, a rare genetic disorder suffered over 100 years ago by Elephant Man Joseph Merrick—famously played by John Hurt in the hit movie.
Pascal was lined up for the revolutionary op after dog attack victim Isabelle Dinoire was given the world’s first partial face transplant in 2005.
But he was told his procedure would be much more dangerous and that he could DIE because he needed the world’s first FULL face transplant.
