Realistic Face Masks

With halloween coming up and more face transplants occurring to address severe facial disfigurement, it was only a matter of time when a commercial company can recreate a 3-dimensional replica of a person's face. Unlike medical facial transplants which creates a face that's a cross between the donor face and the patient's face prior to disfigurement, these faces are perfect replicas down to scars, blood vessels, skin pores, etc.

Well, there's a Japanese company called Real-f 3 Dimension Photo Forms that can produce a realistic mask of yours or anybody else's face.

But... they are expensive running $4000 - $6000.

Check out more realistic face masks the company has created on their facebook page.

Woman Survives Live Grenade Lodged in Face

A 32 year old Mexican woman, Karla Flores, survived extraction of a live grenade from between her jawbones. Apparently, she was minding her own business when she was knocked out after something hit her face. Read report here.

In the hospital, it was realized that rather than a stone as initially thought, it was a live grenade!

Due to fear of it going off, 3 volunteer doctors and one nurse surgically removed the live grenade in an open field under direction of two explosive experts from the military.

Due to airway compromise, a trach was first performed prior to extraction.

Bear in mind, that the doctor who removed the grenade did not wear any armor.

Read more on Fox News here.

New Webpage on Facial Paralysis

Our office has produced a new webpage on the evaluation and management of facial paralysis without any other symptoms.

Click here to read more about this condition.