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Man's face rebuilt with single skin graft   permalink
originally from New Scientist.com - All the latest science and technology news, reBlogged by bev on October 14, 2004

For the first time, plastic surgeons have reconstructed a burn victim’s entire face using a single sheet of thick skin harvested from his back. Unlike after conventional multiple grafts, the patient’s lips and eyes opened and closed properly and his skin looked smoother and more natural.

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