Face Transplant Recipient Urges Kindness
May 6, 2009 by Peggy Rowland
Filed under Women's Health
Don’t judge people who don’t look as pretty as you was the message from Connie Culp, recipient of the first near total face transplant in the US.
Culp spoke briefly during a recent news conference, making her identity known for the first time since the surgery. Although face transplantation has its critics, doctors in Culp’s case stress that this wasn’t a cosmetic surgery. The gunshot victim was in pain, had to breath through a surgical opening in her neck and couldn’t eat solid foods or taste anything.
Now, just five months since the face transplant, Culp has regained many of the abilities …read more
Are You Unsatisfied With Your Current Treatment for Hair Loss?
October 14, 2007 by laura
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Is Rogaine or Propecia not doing what you expect it to? What about hair plugs – are they looking a little unnatural? You may want to consider an actual scalp transplant. That’s right, you read that correctly. I said scalp transplant.
Thanks to successful surgeries such as a face transplant, and immunosuppressant drugs – a scalp transplant may be available in the not too distant future. I believe its being developed for burn victims and similar injuries, however anything can be yours, if enough money is involved.
The Business Shrink raises a really interesting question to …read more




