By Tia Ghose, A man in China whose nose was damaged in an accident is growing a replacement nose on his forehead.

After a Chinese man’s nose was irreparably damaged from infection, his doctors decided to “grow” a second nose on the man’s forehead to replace the original nose.
The patient, identified only as Xiaolian according to Reuters, has his nose damaged from an infection following a car accident. His doctors decided the only way to reconstruct his nose was to surgically form a new one on the 22-year-old’s forehead.
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Tissue expanders were placed under the skin and then cut to resemble a nose. According to local media, doctors expect to implant the new nose soon.
Dr. Patrick Byrne, the director of Facial, Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery at Johns Hopkins Medical Center, said forehead skin is used to help reform noses because it is the closest match to skin on the nose. However, usually the nose is reformed during surgery instead of on a patient’s forehead.
“My guess would be that they felt that the tissue in the nose was so damaged they had to use the forehead skin on the interior part of the nose,” said Byrne. “It’ll be a real nose and [have a] breathing passage way.”
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When the nose is transplanted, cartilage from Xiaolian’s rib will be used to give the nose added structure.
Byrne said Xiaolian’s new nose will be most vulnerable during the 18 months after his transplant.
“There’s a lot that can happen,” said Byrne. “If he gets a little infection the cartilage can disintegrate… [what looked like a nose] now looks like a blob.”
However Byrne said as long as Xiaolian is able to avoid complications, his new nose should work nearly as well as his original nose.
“He should be able to smell, the smell receptors are pretty high in the nose,” said Bryne.
In the future Byrne imagines that doctors will be able to grow entire ears and noses in the lab before transplant.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/09/25/doctors-grow-nose-on-mans-forehead/

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...Like seriously??

made in china

End time tinz...

this what happens when you eat dogs for lunch. you start thinking like one

GOSH...IMAGINE...how this man catarrh go be !!
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how this man go take sneeze naa

This is great, the dude is about to become a superstar
less i forget, china tins

e b like say, e better e no get nose at all

Heeee! Wetin person no go see....anyway i admire the ingenuity of the chinese

Is he breathn frm there?

Abu Mikey: ...

u mean 10 oda thread u posted dat didn't make FP,seun is my boy even if I post anything he go enter front page no be me Omo na God oo,I am connect


























Ted

:-(Is he breathn frm there?

Ok! What quality of nose is this? American use or naija quality?

seen this topic earlier today on NL, anyway ETT seconded.

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mr.ceo63:
:-(Is he breathn frm there?

No ohhhh! How can? He eat from there! Who you dey ask? You see me for china? Abi you see nose for my forehead?

END TIME THINGS

Walahi Am scared!

Oyinbo,,,man made nose,its look like atiku nose,but why it was on head,why not beside natural nose

Abeg how he dey blow catarrh?

mr.ceo63:
:-(Is he breathn frm there?

he does

While watching it today on CNN,his identity was protected and here I am starring at the man's face.Another breakthrough in the world of medicine.The whites want to fix everything in medicine and always want to play god but unfortunately,they dont have the key to life and death.The main thing here is the white are 'faaaaaaaaarrrrrrrr' ahead of us.We cant catch up with them until end of time.

If I tok say na photoshop nw ppl go insult me. Wel, I go stil tok am... PHOTOSHOP!!!

Only in China will you see this.
I thought the air passage should be facing down.

does he smells with dat artificial nose?

OMG !!! Saw this on TV too ... #NossyHeady

very soon they wil chinalize nairaland

dejijohns: If I tok say na photoshop nw ppl go insult me. Wel, I go stil tok am... PHOTOSHOP!!!

lol...... it's not

barthchuks: very soon they wil chinalize nairaland