I was told today by a work colleague that his friend had a double lung replacement but one lung was full of Cancer. He survived the Chemo but today had his ear removed due to Cancer.

One has to wonder if the body already had the ‘pre-requisites’ for Cancer or did the new lung actually make it happen? I guess science will figure it out with full conviction either way eventually.

Transmission of Rosacea from the Graft in Facial Allotransplantation.

“Our FA-recipient developed an almost identical rosacea-like eruption of the FA 2.5 years postgraft (Figure 1). This was most likely due to excessive, long-lasting applications of clobetasol, a high-potency steroid cream known to induce rosacea; the eruption subsided completely upon clobetasol discontinuation and oral cyclin treatment. “

Jasmine

Looking at yourself in the mirror and not seeing something that you recognise must be something truly surreal.

Interesting point. Would I accept corneas from a blind person?…No.

Would I accept corneas from a person with short-sightedness or long-sightedness?…Yep, I think so.

Rosacea skin, while imperfect, is still very much skin. It may be red and prone to eruptions but it still adequately performs the two chief functions of skin: to keep stuff in and out of the body and to render the bearer recognisably human ( A transplant from a gorilla or a dog would be probably inadvisable).

An eye that cannot see, is, in a sense, not an eye at all.

Do you think they (the transplant team) should have refused to take the face of a donor with a skin disease? Like Acne or Rosacea? It’s something to think about.

Would you accept corneas from a blind person?

Maybe there aren’t enough donors to go around.

I would think they would definitely match with race and gender, but a skin condition should give somewhat of a pause.