
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current
In the current issue of The Lancet: Near total face transplant.
Before undergoing surgery, Culp convinced her doctors that she understood the risks of needing immune-suppressing drugs for the rest of her life. Those risks include life-threatening infections and cancers. And there's always the risk of rejecting the transplant, although those risks diminish over time.
http://www.webmd.com/news/20090506/surg ... transplant"More skin is easy to remove, but if there's not enough it's harder to put back on," Djohan says. "And remember, if we put the face on too tight it will restrict any possible facial expression."