what do you all think?

I can't see any problem myself, but did like this comment on the BBC website : "My face has been rejected enough by enough bodies while I'm alive without risking it happening again after I'm dead." :D

Hi sharon, I don't have a problem with it either, except for asthetic (sp) cases, as in older women wants younger face and no medical reason behind it! the chances of a matching donor must be so slim though, I am medically ignorant and don't understand the ins and outs! but see a great need for this as the same as any other donor organ. I do think more research is needed into how the recipient (sp) would react (as stated in the article) to waking with a new face - I remember seeing a guest on a chat 'daytime' show , who had cancer in his face and had quite a lot of facial tissue removed including his nose and upper lip, he wore a prothestic (god my spelling has gone to pot!!) face and when asked if it was possible to reconstruct his face would he go for it?, he said no, his wife said the same - she thought it wouldn't be him anymore and he only ever wore his mask in public anyhow, and that was with reconstruction not a transplant! I can understand that. I saw that movie (was it called 'face off') with John Travolta and Nick (scrumdiddlyumpscious) Cave where they did exactly that , some time ago and remember saying at the time, !bet they can already do that! I thought it was really interesting and much needed personally, I spent time at the plastic surgery unit at a Hospital in Surrey, whose name has completely escaped me, it was the one where they pioneered the plastic surgery on the so called "guinea pig men" pilots who were burnt during the war, and read the information on the work they had started then, plastic surgery fascinates me. Love that quote :D Julie:)

I cant see much wrong and any one who has been severely burnt etc will probably be so glad that they may have help to hand

I have a spare chin they can use now if they want!! :)

Gina

No sorry I can't go for it :(
I've always said that when I die anything can be taken except my eyes ( don't ask why !!it just doesn't feel right ) the thought of my face going on someone else I find just horrific ( mind you the recipient would probably be more horrified :D )
It just doesn't sit right for me
Liz

Oh Liz!! I now have corneas belonging to some kind donor and if I didn't I'd be registered blind - couldn't have big dogs, couldn't read, couldn't drive - I'd probably have committed suicide long past. To say that the donor made a difference to my life when I needed help would be putting it mildly. Saved my life or at least my sanity would be more like it. Before that I spent a lot of my time finding donor corneas and donating your eyes is one of the best things you can do. No deformity is left - none, zero, zilch. By the time the ophthalmologist has finished the body actually looks better than before. And there is no 'waste'. It is considered 'polite' to collect all donated eyes whether they can be used for corneal grafting or not, but if the corneas are not useable, there are still all sorts of uses that can be made of the remaining tissue. Ian used to do almost all the corneal grafts in Northern Ireland and a fair few from the South as well, and if you could just talk to some of those people I'm sure it would ' feel right' very quickly. Should I do nothing else useful on this board, if one person adds 'eyes' to their donor card all of my randerings will be worthwhile.

Sharon --no offence meant :(
It's just a personal thing nothing to do with deformity or anything ,I take my hat off to people who do donate their eyes .I'm not a squeamish person at all but I get to the yak factor at eyes .I'm glad you've got your eyes ( if you know what I mean !!-though probably not half as glad as you :) )
Its just one of those things that makes us all different :)
Once again I hope this reads right no offence meant at all
Liz

Hi Liz, no need for an apology :-) - I wasn't 'getting at you' in any way. I know that for many people, anything to do with the eye has a big 'yuk' factor. I don't understand it, but then being terrified of worms makes far less sense :D!

Julie, if you love him so much, you'll need to edit your post to read Cage! (Now divorcing his wife of 4 months!):D
Lynn x

OOOHHH Lynn, you know what happened, I've spent all day re-living my past (Its Heidi's fault), thinking about my youth and I've had a brain storm (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds! - I can hear all you going WHO????) of course I mean the gorgeous Nicholas caGe - ooooppss! :D Julie:)

Sharon as if their aint enough 2 faced people in the world.LOL

That was a wee joke.. :-)

Pam

Anyone who has seen my face would recommend that I undergo this treatment :D