After his nose was damaged, then infected and
deformed, this Chinese man has had a new one
artificially grown on a rather unusual place.
The 22-year-old man, identified only as
'Xiaolian,' damaged his nose in a vehicle
accident back in August 2012, but decided not
to seek medical treatment. An infection then
gradually corroded the cartilage, and, when
Xiaolian finally went to see a doctor, it was too
late: the surgeons were helpless.
There was no other choice left but to grow a
new nose to transplant it, replacing the
damaged one.
The surgeons placed a skin tissue expander onto
Xiaolian's forehead, cutting in into the shape of
a nose and supporting it by cartilage taken from
his ribs.
The medical procedure was carried out at a
hospital in Fuzhou, China's Fujian
province. Surgeons say the nose is well-
developed, and the replacement surgery will be
carried out soon.
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