Volunteer fireman Patrick Hardison was badly burned in a house fire as he attempted to rescue a woman he believed was trapped in the blaze. His facial injuries from the third-degree burns were severe. He lost his ears, his eyebrows and all the hair on his head and, visually, was unrecognisable from the man he once was. Friends put him in touch with a pioneering surgeon, Dr Eduardo Rodriguez, who is renowned for his work on face transplantation. In August, they made history together - achieving the world's most complete face transplant to date. The results, although still early and ever-changing as Mr Hardison continues to heal, are spectacular. But behind the success are decades of...
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