Let's Face It

A french woman recently had a partial face transplant after being attacked by her dog. Today, I read that there is all sorts of debate about the ethics of the surgery, because while this was a partial transplant, full facial transplants are just right down the road.

One quote indicated that the procedure contemplated "raises very interesting questions about personal identity, and how people think of themselves. That raises questions about the psychological and psychiatric risks, and we don't know what those are. We don't know how to communicate to people what it would be like to completely have a new face." Well Duh!

Let's face it, we did not know alot about heart transplants and other transplants that followed. That did not prevent us from trying them out. The woman, who had a partial facial transplant obviously would have had some psychological issues with half of her face being torn off. It appears that it is ok to have the skin on your rear end replaced as the result of it being burned off, but that is your butt. Your face is a different end entirely. Get off it people. The woman deserves her chance.