Chimpanzee face surgery9/14/2023 ![]() You're still early in the healing process although have made great progress. The protrusion you're seeing is definitely in partly from the swelling. Ugh maybe get double jaw surgery to push back both upper and lower jaws ? I hope this protrusion is due to swelling and not soft tissue.ĭoes anyone know what kind of procedures could increase the volume around the undereye / cheekbone area ? Fillers ? Implants? It is like my whole face is flat then after the lefort I the 3/4 of my face is protruding. I believe my problem is that I originally had a flat face already, then after the lefort I it has made my eyes and cheekbone area very hollow looking and strange. My surgeon also discussed cheek implants, maybe I shall look into that. sigh I'll wait it out and see if it gets My surgeon did discuss my chin a bit, however I think if I did a sliding genio I would look even more chimp like. And I do agree overcorrection is WAY worse than my original problem. ![]() The audio for this program is not available.No actually functionality wise everything is great except I get this weird clicking in the left side of my upper jaw and also vibrations when I laugh. Nash's family is suing the estate of the chimpanzee's owner, Sandra Herold, for $50 million and wants to sue the state for $150 million, claiming officials failed to prevent the attack. "This has really given my mom the hope to move forward, a chance at a life again." "What they've done for us is just so amazing," she said. Nash said she's hoping to attempt another double hand transplant one day.Īsked by "Today" what she would say to the donor's family, Nash's daughter, Brianna, said she'd tell them how grateful she is. It was the third full face transplant in the U.S.īut doctors later had to remove the hands because of complications that developed when Nash caught pneumonia. She received skin, underlying muscles, blood vessels, nerves, a hard palate and teeth from a dead person who hasn't been named. In late May, she underwent a full face and double hand transplant in Boston. ![]() She could only eat pureed food, and she was barely understandable when she talked. Nash was left with no eyes and only a small opening where her mouth once was. The animal, named Travis, ripped off Nash's nose, lips, eyelids and hands before being shot to death by police. Nash was attacked in February 2009 by a neighbor's 200-pound pet chimpanzee, which went berserk after its owner asked Nash to help lure it back into her house in Stamford, Conn. The "Today" show aired footage of Nash in a hospital bed, nodding to visitors, her face smooth and features appearing nearly normal. I am tremendously grateful to the donor and her family." I will be able to kiss and hug loved ones. I will have lips and will speak clearly once again. "I will now be able to do things I once took for granted," Nash said in the statement. ![]() In a statement released by the hospital, Nash thanked all the doctors, nurses and other medical experts who helped her over the past two years. Nash, 57, didn't appear on the program because relatives said she was too weak to do an interview. The pictures of Charla Nash were first shown on NBC's "Today" show Thursday morning and later released by Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, where she had face transplant surgery in May. The new face of a Connecticut woman who was mauled by a chimpanzee two years ago was revealed for the first time Thursday in photos showing a startling transformation. Undated photos provided by Brigham and Women’s Hospital show chimpanzee attack victim Charla Nash after the attack, left, and post-face transplant surgery. ![]()
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