A man in China has a nose growing from the left side of his
forehead – that is not a misprint. What makes the story even stranger is the
fact that the nose will be used in a transplant to replace his currently
damaged nose.
Reuters reported on the 22-year-old man identified only as
Xiaolian, who will be undergoing surgery to replace his original nose, which
was damaged in a car accident last year. Because he didn't get medical
attention on the nose, it became infected and therefore inoperable by surgeons.
Using an innovative procedure, doctors reconstructed his nose
using skin tissue expander along with cartilage from his ribs, and has been
growing from his forehead for the past nine months.
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