Good grief!  Is this like out of a horror story or what?  Reminds me of “Silence of the Lambs”.

The Cleveland Clinic says it is the first institution to receive review board approval of human facial transplant for those severely disfigured by burns or disease.

Several independent medical teams around the world also are pursuing the procedure.  The Cleveland Clinic said its approval October 15 followed ten months of debate on medical, ethical and psychological issues.

It has no current patients or donors for the procedure.

Can you imagine?  If I became disfigured and Angelina Jolie died and donated her face for a facial transplant, I could look like Angelina Jolie!!  On the other hand, if the only donor was...Keith Richards, say...I guess I'd be pretty much screwed.

Still, it is quite astounding and I can't wait to see it done for the first time.

-frolix

The Swan is quite possibly the WORST reality show I've ever seen.  I watched it one time last season and at the end when the newly-crafted girl looked in the full-length mirror, sobbed and fell writhing to her knees I knew this was less about reality and more about fake melodrama.  And (if I recall correctly) the other “Swans” are judged not as beautiful as the winning Swan and kicked off the show, right?  Good grief!  These women have already suffered all their lives from low or non-existent self-esteem and now - even after major plastic surgery! - they're still deemed not worthy!  Cruel Cruel Cruel!

But forget all that for now and say some more nice things about me, Sudz.  ;)

-frolix

(Thank you!)