experimental procedure to replace all or part of a person's face. People with faces disfigured by trauma, burns, disease, or birth defects might benefit from the procedure. The alternative to a face transplant is to move the patient's own skin from their back, buttocks or thighs to their face in a series of as many as 50 operations to regain even limited function and a face that is often likened to a mask or a living quilt.
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