Surgeons Creates A New Nose On A Man's Forehead (See Photos)

The man in this photo is a 22-year old Chinese man called Xiaolian. Xiaolian had a fatal accident in August 2002 and damaged his nose but he failed to properly treat his damaged nose which caught an infection that corroded the cartilage and rendered the nose beyond repair by surgeons.

As a result of this, the surgeons had no choice than to create a new nose for Xiaolian on his forehead to transplant it in place of his damaged nose. The procedure was carried out at a Hospital in Fuzhou, Fujian, China. This was done by placing a skin tissue expander onto Xiaolian's forehead and was cut into the shape of a nose which was supported by a cartilage taken from Xiaolian's ribs.

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Surgeons say that the new nose has developed well and that the transplant surgery will be carried out soon.