"Turkish transplant patient sees face for first time."

In this article, another successful facial transplant since 2005 to nineteen year old Ugur Acar undergoes surgery. The surgery took place in  Akdeniz University's School of Medicine. The transplant was was from forty five year old donor,  Ahmet Kaya. The facial tissue was successfully transplanted and placed together. The recovery time is about six months. Mr. Acar can not make facial expressions within the recovery time but with therapy and time he will eventually. He will be able to cray laugh and look angry, in about six months says the Surgeon Omer Ozkan.  "I thank all my doctors. It couldn't be better." says Mr. Acar. This is just one of few sucessful facial transplant surgeries, one of twenty world wide! That's amazing! wc=122