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11/28/2002 Entry: "Face the future"
The BBC reported today that a British surgeon thinks that face transplants will be technically feasible in the next 6 to 9 months. People whose faces have been disfigured by cancer or burning could be helped by the operation.I wonder, though. What would be the psychological effect of looking in a mirror and seeing someone else? What would the effect on a relative of someone recently deceased be if they were to come across their living face somewhere? And what of the ritual of "saying goodbye", the last opportunity to see a loved one just before a funeral? These are questions that I don't claim to have answers to, but there are worrying possibilities here. Given our record, when we can do a thing we do, regardless of whether we should or not. Time to pause and take stock.
Replies:
Good question John - I hadn't thought about that.
Posted by Richard @ 12/01/2002 01:02 AM CST
What do you think might happen if the recipient rejects the transplant?
Posted by John @ 11/30/2002 09:43 PM CST
