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Forums - General Discussion - Doctors grow nose on forehead of Chines man, to replace nose lost in car accident!

 In Aug. 2012, Xiaolian, 22, had his life changed dramatically. After a car accident left his nose infected and damaged, there was no hope of him ever looking the same again — that is until doctors in the Fuzhou, Fujian province of China decided to sculpt a new nose for him.

The procedure is called  flap prefabrication, which is a newer technique in reconstructive plastic surgery. Surgeons are using the skin and cartilage from Xiaolian ribs and are moving the cartilage up to his forehead while waiting for the blood supply to grow in. After they take both the skin and cartilage from his forehead to do the nasal reconstruction. 

Ultimately, they decided that his forehead would be the best location. Now, the young man has an almost full-grown nose on his head, as doctors wait for the process to be complete. Afterward, they will perform the nose transplant.

“Surgeons say that the nose has developed well 



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See they could of saved themselves some time if they would of grew his nose on his nose.



I can think of a slightly better location... like a few inches lower, maybe?



Aside from the fact that he's had to walk around with a nose on his forehead for over a year, on top of not having an actual nose where one used to be, that's a pretty amazing feat!



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big, deal. I heard about doctors growing a whole jaw bone on a guy's back. and doctors are already imprinting organs with 3d printers.



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Why would they put it on his forhead? Who nose.



                            

Weird but cool, amazing how they can do this



So, I lost my vagina. You think they could grow one on my hand? I swear it used to be there!